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Artist:
Lafarge, John  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Notes:
Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 84
N.A. This picture, which is unfinished, was designed for a chapel dedicated to St. Paul. The apostle is represented addressing the Athenians on Mars Hill, and speaking the words, "Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship him declare I unto you." The aim is to indicate more generally an apostle, than the author of the Pauline books; more decidedly the man of individual value, than the man of theological culture. Thus interpreted, it may be seen that the aim was to avoid the idea of an Athenian philosopher. [P. 5.]
Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Yale School of the Fine Arts, founded as a Department of Yale College, by the late Augustus Russell Street. The Galleries are open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Season Tickets, $1.00. Single Admission, 25 cents. Catalogues, 25 cents. New Haven: Printed by Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor. 1874.
Topic:
Religion--Saint--St. Paul  Search this
Cityscape--Greece--Athens  Search this
Landscape--Foreign--Greece  Search this
Occupation--Religion--Preacher  Search this
Control number:
AECI 01100085
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_19708