Art and the Bible

feeling that each work of art gave me. I chose these because they caught my eye, and they had very intricate meanings that had to be found. The two paintings I am reporting about are Handsome Drinks, By Marsden Hartley (1916) and Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill, By Pieter Claesz (1597/98-1660).
Marsden Hartley, Handsome Drinks (1916):
This painting is of four drinking vessels, on a round table. In the center is a large Chalice, from which a mandorla arises. Three smaller vesselsare in the foreground.
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