Question

Scholars believe that saint luke drawing the virgin (3.6.12) is meant to show the importance of ________

Answer 1

St Luke Drawing the Virgin, a masterpiece by the Dutch painter Rogier van der Weyden made in the 15th century, depicts St. Luke the Evangelist sketching the Virgin Mary as she nurses the Child Jesus. The painting is unusually rich in details, as the figures are inside an upper-class parlor that leads toward a courtyard, river, town, and landscape – a scene not even possible in movies. Despite a lot of that, the scene is perfectly balanced. Scholars believe that the painter made the painting not only to depict the artist’s adoration to the Madonna and a salute to St. Luke (patron saint of painters), but also to boast his own skill in composition and design.