VerbumVirgin and Child with Sts. Dominic and Catherine of Alexandria – Fra Angelico, c. 1435 By Eva Marie Haine In April, I explained some basic principles of how to look at art from a purely formal point of view—that is, an analysis of how an...
By Eva Marie Haine Recently the Verbum blog has been highlighting works of art that are available through the Verbum database. As a complement to these posts on art, I was invited to write a more general post about how to look at and appreciate art...
In this sorrowful piece by Rembrandt, Joseph of Arimathea is seen helping Jesus down from the cross. The man in blue holding Jesus’ arm is a self-portrait, and the man watching on the right is Nicodemus who assisted Joseph in burying Jesus (John...