Today we took a journey through time, learning all about the
history of the past 2000 years! George
Washington, Martin Luther King, Thomas Edison, Anne Frank, Abraham Lincoln and
many others. The Tapestry mural teaches about past triumphs and tragedies, good
and evil, and about heroes and villains.
It was part of the Museum of Biblical Arts Hero’s and
History youth program. Focusing on Vladimir
Gorsky's world famous Tapestry of the Centuries is a monumental 9 foot by 18
foot painting on canvas which comprises the people and events that shaped world
history, from the birth of Jesus Christ through 1999 A.D.
This youth program included an art lesson, guided tour of
the museum and a scavenger hunt with the life size painting ‘The Resurrection.’ My favorite piece is their life-size replica
of Michelangelo’s Pietá cast in bronze and authorized by the Vatican. It came
directly from the Michelangelo Museum--Fondazione Casa Buonarroti in Florence,
Italy.
My other favorite would be Michelangelo's Moses with Horns. I remember my parent’s first visit to Italy
and their photos of this piece. I was
intrigued with horns that were misinterpreted from the Latin when it spoke of
the rays emitted from Moses’ face after speaking with the lord on Mt. Sinai.
When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the Lord. Exodus 34:29
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