A Visual Analysis of 8220Jonah Cast Up8221
Title: A Visual Analysis of 8220Jonah Cast Up8221
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Details: Words: 705 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
A Visual Analysis of 8220Jonah Cast Up8221
Category: /Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 705 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
A collection of marble sculptures called the “Jonah Group” is now on display at the Cleveland Art Museum. “Jonah Swallowed, Jonah Cast Up, Jonah Praying, Jonah Under the Gourd Vine, and The Good Shepherd,” are the separate titles for each of the different statues depicting events in the Bible story. They are part of the John L. Severance Fund; numbered 1965.237, .238, .239, .240, .241 respectively. The “Jonah Group” was created in Asia minor, approximately 270 to 280 AD. These statues most
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a whale, he prayed there for three days and nights, the artist gives him a stern and fearless disposition coming back out. The Whale, as like most mythical animals in the Bible, is composed of a variety of animal parts to add to its religious symbolism. Jonah was not swallowed on accident, but instead God had a specific plan and test for Jonah and so the Whale seems to have been specially created by Him.