The Writing on the Wall (or Belshazzar's Feast)
Artist: John Martin
1821
Painting
The painting is about the message of Daniel 5: drawing into contrast the difference between Nebuchadnezzar (who acknowleges the kingship of the God of Israel) and Belshazzar ( blasphemes against God, and loses his kingdom.) It is oil on canvas, measures Oil on canvas, 90.2 x 130.2 cm. and is housed at the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Ct.
The Yellow Christ
Artist: Paul Gauguin
1889
Painting
With Le Christ Jaune (The Yellow Christ) Gauguin used a representation of a 17th-century painted crucifix that hung in the Trémalo Chapel. The subject of the painting was actually the peasants kneeling before the crucifix. Gauguin wanted to portray the isolation and piety of the local peasantry in Pont-Aven France where he was visiting.
This painting is housed at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
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