Gallery Review

On Saturday November 7, 2009 I had a chance to experience a remarkable exhibit. The museum is called the Michael C Carlos museum. It is located in my hometown of Atlanta Georgia. It is similarly a part of the Emory Campus. Most of the staff in the museum were students at Emory. The museum had two exhibits you can see. They were Scripture For The eye and The Works on Paper Collection. I enjoyed Scripture for the Eyes the most because I have biblical knowledge of the stories being betrayed. Scripture for the Eyes presented biblical stories. Out of all of them one foot stood break through to me the most the exhibition, featuring works by Lucas vanguard Leyden, Maarten van Heemskerck, Dirck Volkertszoon Coornhert, and Hieronymus Wierix and many more. The Exhibit explored the ways in which printed good examples of the Bible and another(prenominal) religious themes. Most of the pieces were engravings and woodcuts. These engravings were all created by the Dutch and Flemish people, as stated by the tour guide. Three pieces stood out to me the most; Benito Arias Montano, Crossing of the River Jordan from Biblia Sacra; Cornelis Cort, The Annunciation with Prophet; and Pieter Nagel, Man amidst the Old and New Covenant. The Crossing of the River Jordan from Biblia Sacra is an engraving. It is by Benito Arias Montano.

It is black and black-and-blue in color and has very minute details. The work depict the biblical story of Joshua leading the Israelites across the Jordan revert fire thing is this picture has a frame already sundry(a) on so it looks like a picture of a picture. The tour guide also stated that this piece is an illustration of the fulfillment of Gods promise. He promised that he would deliver Israel unto a land flowing with milk and honey. This picture is very kitschy to me as a Christian it shows how God rewards those who obey them and castigate to better his kingdom. The Annunciation With Prophets is an engraving that was created in 1571 by Cornelis Cort. If you look... If you fatality to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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