| Title: | Difficult Journey - Transition to Bethlehem |
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| Notes: | Fritz von Uhde was a German painter who first focused on battle pieces and landscapes, but later moved to religious subjects and genre art. His religious pieces often portrayed biblical scenes occurring in his own modern day, which many lauded as evangelical in nature. We see this displayed in his piece, Difficult Journey—Transition to Bethlehem, as a modern Mary and Joseph make their way to the city. This difficult journey is relayed to the viewer in the foggy and desolate path the couple are walking. Mary leans heavily on Joseph as they make their way forward down a muddy road carrying minimal provisions for their trip. Feelings of isolation and loneliness are brought forth, which indeed must have been how the couple felt as they embarked on this lifepath of raising a child as special as Jesus. |
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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Artist: | Uhde, Fritz von, 1848-1911 |
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| Building: | Neue Pinakothek
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| Object/Function: | Painting |
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| City/Town: | Munich
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| Country: | Germany
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| Scripture: | Luke 2:(1-7), 8-20
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| Person as Subject: | Mary, the mother of Jesus (Biblical figure)
Joseph, the husband of Mary (Biblical figure)
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| Lectionary links: | CNatv
ANatv
BNatv
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| General Subject: | Bethlehem
Journey
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| Copyright Source: | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fritz_v_Uhde_Schwerer_Gang_(1).jpg |
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| Copyright Permission: | Please visit the URL in the Copyright Source field on this page for details about reusing this image. |
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| Attribution: | Uhde, Fritz von, 1848-1911. Difficult Journey - Transition to Bethlehem, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56747 [retrieved April 25, 2024]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fritz_v_Uhde_Schwerer_Gang_(1).jpg. |
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| Record Number: | 56747
Last Updated: 2022-04-28 14:27:37
Record Created: 2018-12-08 13:57:24 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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