Tabernacle with Virgin and Child and Scenes from the Life of Christ

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Analysis of the Tabernacle with the Virgin and Child and Scenes from the Life of Christ
Title: Tabernacle with the Virgin and Child and Scenes from the Life of Christ, ca. 1300–1325
Artist: George Blumenthal
Medium: Ivory, traces of paint and gilding
Provenance: George and Florence Blumenthal Paris and New York (from at least 1919-1941)
Geography: Made in possibly Paris, France
Date: ca. 1300–1325
Museum Accession Number: 41.100.122
Credit Line: Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941
Tabernacle with the Virgin and Child and Scenes from the Life of Christ, ca. 1300–1325 shows the virgin standing on an ornamented throne that look like that of the cathedra bishop. The child in her hands raised his hand holding an object. Besides the Virgin and the child, other images depict the scenes from the life of Christ. This picture is very imposing and monumental. The background of the image is silver and ivory. The image uses lines, color, space, and figural expressions that make a humanistic depiction of the passion and the events of the life of Christ. This art creates a successful personal and religious link between the viewers and the painting through its iconography and powerful dramatic approach towards the subjects. The Tabernacle with the Virgin and Child and Scenes from the Life of Christ, ca. 1300–1325 expressive figures, color, and space, it is an earthy, humanistic and Northern French approach towards religious art.
Tabernacle with the Virgin and Child and Scenes from the Life of Christ, ca. 1300–1325 depicts the life events of Christ and the connection between mother and child. This art concentrates on the relationship that exists between a mother and child. In this art, Mary is shown as she lovingly gives her son an object. This art has a static, frontal, and hieratic composition. The face of the Virgin Mary and her child has small eyes with pupils that are not usual. The subject of the love and the child embracing the virgin can be derived from the "Song of Songs" which states that His left hand and his right arm cuddles me. The downturn of the face of the Virgin and her gaze towards the upturned faces of the child is illustrated in this art (Andersen 170). Tabernacle with the Virgin and Child and Scenes from the Life of Christ is emotional and dramatic and this allows the viewer of the image to identify the events that took place during the birth of Christ. The a...