“ William Holman Hunt and the Missionaries”.“ Shadows Cast by The Light of the World: William Holman Hunt's Religious Paintings, 1893-1905”.Dante Gabriel Rossetti's The Seed of David Epilogue Related Materials.Dante Gabriel Rossetti's"Mary's Girlhood".Dante Gabriel Rossetti's "For An Annunciation, Early German".Dante Gabriel Rossetti's "For a Virgin and Child, by Hans Memmelinck".Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Passover in the Holy Family.Charles Collins's The Pedlar or Berengaria's alarm.Typological Symbolism in the Works of Other Members of the Pre-Raphaelite Circle May Morning on Magdalen Tower and The Lady of Shalott Chapter Three.The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple.The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple and Pre-Raphaelite Compositional Schemes.A Converted British Family sheltering a Christian Priest from the Persecution of the Druids.Typological Symbolism in Hunt's Major Works The Miracle of the Holy Fire Chapter Two.The Influence of William Hogarth on Pre-Raphaelite Integrated Symbolism.To Elevate Materialism: Hunt's Search for a New Iconography The Effect of Reading for Types Chapter One.Typological Interpretations of Scripture in Nineteenth-Century Britain.Publication and Other Frontmatter from Print Edition.To learn more about iconic artworks and their socio-political context, visit Artwork in Focus. It is part of the museum’s The Lure of the East collection. William Holman Hunt’s The Miracle of the Sacred Fire, Church of the Holy Sepulchre is housed in the Harvard Art Museums’ collection Room 2120 of European and American Art, 17th–19th century. Hunt’s painting depicts the point at which the miracle has just occurred, as the priest just reveals the flame to all those present. The moments leading up to the miracle tend however, to be extremely tense. The holy flame, which appears over the purported tomb of Jesus Christ is passed along from candle to candle and the pilgrims rejoice. They chant hymns, often to the sound of drums. Hundreds and thousands of believers gather each year at the Sepulchre to witness the miracle. The ceremony is held on a first Sunday after the spring equinox and Jewish Passover. The Miracle of the Sacred Fire occurs annually in the Church of Resurrection in Jerusalem. Hunt found the scene, with its crush of bodies, to be distasteful and heretical, but was keen to capture its “dramatic, historic, and picturesque” qualities.” Denounced as a fraud for centuries, the event continued to attract thousands of pilgrims, who eagerly awaited the rekindling of the flame over Christ’s purported tomb. “This painting represents the annual “miracle of the sacred fire” at the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The Miracle of the Sacred Fire : JerusalemĪccording to the digital catalogue of the Harvard Art Museums : Location : Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Medium : Mixture of oil and resin on canvasĭimensions :92.1 x 125.7 cm (36 1/4 x 49 1/2 in.) Title : The Miracle of the Sacred Fire, Church of the Holy Sepulchre Artist : William Holman Hunt Today we look at The Miracle of the Sacred Fire, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (1892-1899 ) by William Holman Hunt. For Artwork in Focus we explore individual artworks, critiquing their style and discussing their socio-political context.
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