09 June 2012:
We decided to visit Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth to see the French Painting Exhibition "The Age of Impressionism". This French Painting exhibition was happening in one hall where as the other hall exhibits the paintings range from the third millennium B.C to the mid-20th century. This museum was established by Richard F Brown in 1966. Admission to the museum's permanent collection is free. But there is special charge for visiting special exhibition hall.
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| Museum Main Entrance |
Address: 3333 Camp Bowie Boulevard,Fort Worth , Texas
Hours: Tuesday through Thursday, Saturday - 10 AM - 5PM
Friday - Noon - 8PM
Sunday - Noon- 8PM
In this post, I am going to talk more about the paintings which I liked in the European Painting collections.
The Raising of Lazarus
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| The raising of Lazarus |
This painting is by an Italian painter Duccio Di Buoninsegna. (1278-1318). It was acquired in 1975. According to Bible (John 11:1-44), Lazarus's sisters Martha and Mary sent for his friend Jesus when he fell ill. By the time Jesus arrived in Bethany, Lazarus was already dead and four days were passed. Jesus showed his divinity by bringing Lazarus back from the dead. Duccio shows the moment when Jesus called Lazarus forth from the tomb. In this painting, Duccio used Tempera and GoldLeaf .
In this painting, Mary, Lazarus's one of the sisters is kneeling down on Jesus's feet. Also, we can see one person is covering the nose because of the bad odor. Lazarus was in the tomb for 4 days.
Bible excerpt about this.
Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. "Take away the stone" he said.
"But, Lord", said Martha, the sister of the dead man, "by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days".
Then Jesus said "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God".
So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said "Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me."
When he had said this, Jesus called in loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!" The dead man came out, and his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen and a cloth around his face.
Jesus said to them "Take off the grave clothes and let him go".
In this painting, Mary, Lazarus's one of the sisters is kneeling down on Jesus's feet. Also, we can see one person is covering the nose because of the bad odor. Lazarus was in the tomb for 4 days.
Bible excerpt about this.
Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. "Take away the stone" he said.
"But, Lord", said Martha, the sister of the dead man, "by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days".
Then Jesus said "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God".
So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said "Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me."
When he had said this, Jesus called in loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!" The dead man came out, and his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen and a cloth around his face.
Jesus said to them "Take off the grave clothes and let him go".
