Dictionary of Renaissance art

EVANGELISTS

Evangelists: translation

The Evangelists were the writers of the Gospels, the first four books in the New Testament where the story of Christ is told. In the medieval era, the Evangelists were represented symbolically, with the winged man denotingMatthew, the lion for Mark, the ox forLuke, and the eagle forJohn. These creatures stem from a vision experienced by Ezekiel where they surrounded the throne of God. In the Renaissance,Andrea del Castagnorendered the Evangelists writing their Gospels, their symbols included, in the Chapel of Tarsasius at San Zaccaria,Venice(1442), as didBenozzo Gozzoliin hisfrescoed vaultin the Cappella di Sant' Agostino at San Gimignano (1464-1465).Jacob Jordaenspainted the Evangelists together in a single canvas comparing one Gospel against the other (c. 1625; Paris, Louvre) and Fra Bartolomeo renderedChrist and the Four Evangelists(1516;Florence, Palazzo Pitti), a work that glorifies the rituals of the mass.Raphaelpainted theVision of Ezekiel(1518; Florence, Palazzo Pitti), where a robust figure of God the Father hovers above the Earth and is supported by the symbols of the Evangelists.

  1. evangelists—Evangelists translation The name given to the writers of the four Gospels....American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  2. evangelists—Evangelists translationThe authors of the four Gospels St. Matthew whose symbol is a winged face of man St. Mark a winged lion St. Luke a winged ox and St. John a winged ...Dictionary of church terms
  3. evangelists—вангелсти...Англо-український словник