Famous Paintings of Our Saviors Crossed in Artworks
A survey of renowned crucifixion canvases by Rubens Durer and Fra Angelico highlights how different artists render Christ on the Cross. Rubens emphasizes the dying Christ against a dark background while Durer focuses on the figure and wind driven shroud, with Angelico’s circular work at the Academy in Florence featuring the crucifixion with the Virgin beside.
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Rubens
Christ On the Cross
Peter Paul Rubens
Christ
Chile
Venice
Rome
Europe
Antwerp
National Gallery
Dresden
Durer
Nuremburg
Ancange
Wohlgemuth
Martin Luther
Fra Angelico DA Fiesole
Academy
Florence
Fils
Virgin
Murillo and Solario Ecce Homo paintings
In Remembrance of Victory Over Death describes Murillo Behold the Man in Prado Madrid noting rich color, sad faces, and a crown of thorns. It contrasts with Andrea Solario Ecce Homo in Milan with a bleeding head, single tear, and a stark black background. both works cited as remarkable in their collections.
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Magdalen
Christ
Murillo
Man
Milan
Andrea Solario
Venice
Leonardo da Vinci
Cardinal d'Amboise
da Vinci
Old Beliefs About Easter Traditions From Long Ago
A survey of long standing Easter superstitions notes sun on Easter predicts sun on Whitsun, cold Easter baths promise health, rubbing colored eggs on the face to improve complexion, crying on Easter foretelling tears next Sunday, not keeping Easter eggs, a rabbit crossing path as a sign of luck, and warnings against engagements on Easter. A gypsy saying claims giving a red egg at Easter will win love.
The Easter Parade Delights With Fresh Spring Fashion
The article celebrates the Easter parade with smiling crowds and stylish girls Millicent Mabel Marie Kathleen Erin Flora Birdie Betty. It notes chic dresses, corals and emeralds, silk gowns, bouquets, and ornate hats like roses mignonette and jet encrusted coronets. The tone mirrors a period cartoon feature, highlighting fashion and color in a festive pageant.
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Millicent
Mabel
Dainty
Marie
Erin
Kathleen
Easter Hymn and a Mother's Lost Son
A grieving mother recalls her boy who sang in the church choir and died. At Easter the creed is sung and a boy soprano voices the line And the Life of the world to come, a haunting reminder of what might have been for her child.
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Wester Newspaper Union
Italy’s Easter Flower The Rose In Sacred Customs
The rose is described as Easter’s Easter Flower and queen of all blooms in Italy’s Easter rites while in Germany the peony rose is tied to Whitsunday. Turks once believed the rose had divine origin from the moon and credited it with healing powers and protective charms for homes.
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Italy
Germany
Too Bad About Her Memory in Opera Gossip
A humorous note on memory lapses at the opera scene. A speaker recalls a night’s chatter about engagements, divorces, fashion, and diamonds, but forgets the opera’s title. The exchange ends with a shrug at memory and a social digression.
Oral exam mocks Trafalgar test for Rugby hopeful
A London Morning Post tale recalls an ill fated college entrance exam where a sporting young don passed a hopeful rugby student with 50 percent after two questions were asked. The first tested Trafalgar’s date, the second the chemistry formula for sulphuric acid, which the candidate answered with I don't know really I don't.
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London Morning Post
Christian Register
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Calvary
Prado
Madrid
Seville
Easter
Whitsunday
Bermuda
Flora
Birdie
Betty
Cartoons Magazine
Mary Graham Bonner
Madge Gray
Billy Brews
Bertie Baxby
Wall Street
Lucy Cathro
Kate Kady
van Gruber
Postum Cereal Co. Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
Instancu
Wien
Mitenet Mole
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