John William Waterhouse, (1849–1917)
The Annunciation, c. 1914
Oil on canvas
Height: 99 cm (38.9 in); Width: 135 cm (53.1 in)
Private collection
The Annunciation referred to as the
Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Annunciation of Our Lady, or the
Annunciation of the Lord, is the Christian celebration of the announcement by
the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive and become the mother
of Jesus, the Son of God, marking his Incarnation. Gabriel told Mary to name
her son Yehoshua , meaning "YHWH is salvation".
According to Luke 1:26, the Annunciation
occurred "in the sixth month" of Elizabeth's pregnancy. Many
Christians observe this event with the Feast of the Annunciation on 25 March,
an approximation of the northern vernal equinox nine full months before
Christmas, the ceremonial birthday of Jesus. In England, this came to be known
as Lady Day. It marked the new year until 1752. The 2nd-century writer Irenaeus
of Lyon regarded the conception of Jesus as 25 March coinciding with the
Passion. More The
Annunciation
John William Waterhouse (April 6,
1849 – February 10, 1917) was an English painter known for working
in the Pre-Raphaelite style. He worked several decades after the breakup of the
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which had seen its heyday in the mid-nineteenth
century, leading to his sobriquet "the modern Pre-Raphaelite".
Borrowing stylistic influences not only from the earlier Pre-Raphaelites but
also from his contemporaries, the Impressionists, his artworks were known for
their depictions of women from both ancient Greek mythology and Arthurian legend.
Born in Italy to English parents who were both painters, he
later moved to London, where he enrolled in the Royal Academy of Art. He soon
began exhibiting at their annual summer exhibitions, focusing on the creation
of large canvas works depicting scenes from the daily life and mythology of
ancient Greece. Later on in his career he came to embrace the Pre-Raphaelite
style of painting despite the fact that it had gone out of fashion in the
British art scene several decades before. More on John
William Waterhouse
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