02 Works, CONTEMPORARY & Old Master Interpretations of the Bible! With Footnotes - 26

Isabelle Joubert, France
Sistine Madonna's interview
Paper, Acrylic, Spray Paint and Watercolor on Canvas
Size: 31.5 H x 23.6 W x 2 in

"This painting is inspired by covers of magazines. I wanted to mix old and new and used a detail of "Sistine Madonna", painted by the famous painter Raphael in 1514 (Below). This caracter is named saint Barbara. She's not the main caracter of the original painting but her face is beautiful and famous. She could have been on the cover of a magazine if she had lived in our century". Isabelle Joubert

Saint Barbara is a former Christian saint and virgin martyr believed to have lived in Asia Minor in the 3rd century. Her story dates to the 7th century and is retold in the Golden Legend. It is as follows: Dioscurus, the father of Barbara, was a heartless nobleman who had a tower built so that he could lock his daughter away to deter suitors. At first the tower only had two windows; however, Barbara persuaded the workmen to add a third when her father wasn't looking. She also secretly admitted a priest disguised as a doctor, who baptized her to become Christian. When her father returned, Barbara declared that the three windows symbolized the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost who ignited her soul. Dioscurus grew enraged and chased his daughter who had fled the tower. She hid in the crevice of a rock; however, a shepherd told her father of her hiding place. Once found, Barbara was dragged out by the hair and beaten by her father who next handed her over to the Roman authorities. She refused to renounce her Christian beliefs and was tortured. Miraculously, at the moment of her execution by her father's sword, he was struck by lightning, his body devoured by fire. More on Saint Barbara 

Isabelle Joubert is a French painter, working and living in Nantes. The pictures from photos of fashion, advertising or models are the main and the original inspiration for her. After she finds in magazines the suitable photographic material, then she combines with her imagination the pieces to create the final image she wants. After connecting the pieces all together Isabelle adds acrylics, pigments, ink, and sometimes watercolor for patina. Starting from something existing is a sort of constraint which release her creativity. She usually works on series of about 10 artworks and then decides to explore new subjects. Her entire work is permeated by a positive aura and energy with an intense female element in conjunction with nature. Her globetrotter pictures inspire us and in turn take us to beautiful worlds with a variety of colors and optimism. She exhibited mostly in France but also in Switzerland and London. More on Isabelle Joubert

Raphael  (1483–1520)
Sistine Madonna, c. 1513-14
Oil on canvas
Height: 265 cm (104.3 in); Width: 196 cm (77.1 in)
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Old Masters Gallery) in Dresden

The Sistine Madonna, also called the Madonna di San Sisto, is an oil painting by the Italian artist Raphael Sanzio. The altarpiece was commissioned in 1512 by Pope Julius II for the church of San Sisto, Piacenza. The canvas was one of the last Madonnas painted by the artist. Giorgio Vasari called it "a truly rare and extraordinary work".


Relocated to Dresden from 1754, the well-known painting was particularly influential in Germany and Russia. After World War II, it was relocated to Moscow for a decade before being returned to Germany. It is now a masterpiece of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister.  

In the painting the Madonna, holding the Christ Child and flanked by Saint Sixtus and Saint Barbara, stands on clouds before dozens of obscured cherubim, while two distinctive winged cherubim rest on their elbows beneath her. More on The Sistine Madonna


Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (April 6 or March 28, 1483 – April 6, 1520), known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period.

Raphael was enormously productive, running an unusually large workshop and, despite his death at 37, leaving a large body of work. Many of his works are found in the Vatican Palace. The best known work is The School of Athens in the Vatican Stanza della Segnatura. After his early years in Rome much of his work was executed by his workshop from his drawings, with considerable loss of quality. He was extremely influential in his lifetime, though outside Rome his work was mostly known from his collaborative printmaking. More Raffaello



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