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Visitation (Dürer)
''Visitation'' is a 1503 woodcut by the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer, from his series on the Life of the Virgin. It depicts the Visitation (Christianity), Visitation, an episode in the Gospel of Luke, when Mary (mother of Jesus), Mary, heavily pregnant, travels to see her much older cousin Elisabeth, who is now also late with child. The women embrace at the house of Elisabeth's husband Zechariah (priest), Zacharias, who is shown standing at the doorway to the left of the woodcut. Both Zacharias and his wife are old; he is struck into silence by the fact of his long barren wife having finally conceived a child.Nürnberg, 67 The highly detailed landscape shown in the background is likely inspired by the artist's two journeys through the Alps during 1494–95. See also *''Joachim and Anne Meeting at the Golden Gate (Dürer)'', another in the series. Notes Sources *Nürnberg, Verlag Hans Carl. ''Dürer in Dublin: Engravings and woodcuts of Albrecht Dürer''. Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Visitation, From The Life Of The Virgin MET DP816275
''The'' is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the Most common words in English, most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
