catholic art

EPISODE 16 – ST. RAPHAEL THE ARCHANGEL BY VACCARO

Recorded on the 24th of October, the Feast of St. Raphael. In this 16th episode, of St. Luke’s Gallery, we study this incredible series of the Archangel from the Old Testament’s Book of Tobit, painted by the 17th Century Italian painter, Andrea Vaccaro.

Link to The Book of Tobit: https://www.drbo.org/chapter/17001.htm

EPISODE 14 – SACRED ART IN THE LAND OF RUS, PART 4

In this fourth part of the series on Sacred Art in the Land of Rus, we take a look at some of the incredible works created during the 19th and the early part of the 20th Century before the 1917 revolution. For those of you who are new, below are links to the first three parts of the series.

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Part 2:

Part 3:

EPISODE 13 – SACRED ART IN THE LAND OF RUS, PART 3

Our series on sacred art in the land of Rus continues with part 3 which covers some incredible works from the 17th and 18th Centuries. Please check out parts 1 and 2 if you are new to St. Luke’s Gallery – links below. Thank you and may God Bless you.

Part 1:

Part 2

EPISODE 12 – SACRED ART IN THE LAND OF RUS, PART 2

This is the second part of the series on sacred art in the Land of Rus. In this episode, we’ll pick up where the first part left off with some fine examples of sacred art from the 12th to the 16th Century. If this is your first time here, please check out part one which is linked below, and the episode on Our Lady of Vladimir which is linked blow as well. Thank you and may God Bless you.

Part one of the series:

Episode on the Vladimir icon:

Andrei Rublev film (1966):

EPISODE 11 – SACRED ART IN THE LAND OF RUS, PART 1

Introducing part one of a series devoted to sacred art in the Land of Rus from the dawn of Christianity in that region, to the present day. This first part starts with a brief history on the land of Rus (modern day Russia, Ukraine and Belarus), its conversion to Christianity, and the early period of sacred art from the 10th to the 12th Centuries.