religion and art

You can also see that there is a man behind Jesus getting undressed to get baptised and on the left you can see that there are angels watching Jesus this shows that god is watching him and protecting him. Also Jesus is standing in the middle of John the Baptist and the angels which shows he has power over the angels and human that he is in the middle of humanity. The landscape is used as disguised symbolism - Christ symbolized in the tree, God in the blue sky and Holy Spirit in the dove. The 3 angels are symbolic of the Holy Trinity.

The shape of the picture is a Square and circle overlapping each other, with Christ in area common to both. The circle is shown with heaven, and the square with earth, here Christ is shown in the middle of the two. The tree also represents new life being reborn just like Jesus and that Jesus is offering new life in heaven. In the picture there is no one touching or standing in front of Jesus showing that he is different, important. The river behind him is the river Jordan and it has stopped behind him and in front it is dry which shows that he has power over nature.

 

b) The Madonna of the Meadow is a painting created by Giovanni Bellini in 1500. It was set in the farmland surrounding Venice. The image that stands out most in the picture is the figure of the Virgin Mary sat on the ground with baby Jesus on her thigh. The Virgin Mary is dressed in
blue to show her importance because at the time that this painting was painted the colour blue was very expensive and only special people used to wear it. To get the paint would have been very expensive so it was used only to portray more important figures and it then was used
with Mary. On The Virgins Mary head she has a white veil to emphasise her humbleness and the clouds surrounding her form a kind of halo around Mary's head to show her sinless ness and purity. Mary seems to be sitting in a form a triangular shape and this could represent the Christian belief of Trinity that means the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Mary?s hands are painted in a praying posture which can be referred to Mary mourning over the death of Jesus. This painting portrays the depression of the death of Jesus; the image also shows a blackbird standing on a tree; this creature could be related with death. It is a bird of prey and could possibly be waiting to feed on dead flesh, which could be that of Jesus. Baby Jesus himself is painted naked to show his purity and honesty.

d) “The arts are the best way representing religious beliefs.”