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After completing the assigned reading for week 12 [Luke’s Gospel Annunciation] answer the following questions.
Using the following three examples of Annunciation imagery from the Byzantine period ; the Early Renaissance ; and the High Renaissance, consider the follwing questions:1. The Annunciation takes place as a conversation between the Archangel Gabriel and the Virgin Mary. How has each artist depicted the auditory in their painting?
2. Based on the text, what has each artist contributed to their image that is not described in the gospel account?
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Announcement of the Birth of Jesus
Luke 1: 26-38
26
In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called
Nazareth,
27
to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virginÊname was Mary.l
28
And coming to her, he said, !il, favored one! The Lord is with you.J29
But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this
might be.
30
Then the angel said to her, / not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31
Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus.
32
He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High,* and the Lord God will give him
the throne of David his father,
33
and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no
end.³4
But Mary said to the angel, /w can this be, since I have no relations with a man?35
And the angel said to her in reply, (e holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of
the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son
of God.
36
And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived* a son in her old age, and this is
the sixth month for her who was called barren;
37
for nothing will be impossible for God.³8
Mary said, ¥hold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to
your word. hen the angel departed from her.
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Luke 1: 26-38
26
In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called
Nazareth,
27
to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virginÊname was Mary.l
28
And coming to her, he said, !il, favored one! The Lord is with you.J29
But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this
might be.
30
Then the angel said to her, / not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31
Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus.
32
He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High,* and the Lord God will give him
the throne of David his father,
33
and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no
end.³4
But Mary said to the angel, /w can this be, since I have no relations with a man?35
And the angel said to her in reply, (e holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of
the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son
of God.
36
And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived* a son in her old age, and this is
the sixth month for her who was called barren;
37
for nothing will be impossible for God.³8
Mary said, ¥hold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to
your word. hen the angel departed from her.
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