|
|
Article: June events: Kay Kipling's guide to the month's best cultural and special events.(Calendar)
- Article from:
- Sarasota Magazine
- Article date:
- June 1, 2007
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 Clubhouse Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
on EXHIBIT
TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL
In this 17th-century painting by Dutch artist Karel Dujardin that hangs in the Ringling Museum, golden-haired angels provide water and direction to Abraham's wife, Hagar, and her son, Ishmael, who are lost in the wilderness.
Dujardin has created an idealized and theatrical scene on canvas with nearly life-size figures to tell a story from the Bible. The four individuals are handsome and attractive, and the painting's composition offers a near-perfect balance of simplicity and elegance in the refinement of the figures, their poses and the swirls of drapery. The surface of the painting is smooth and almost ...