| Preview | Description | Artist
  | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Sleeping Baby by Virgilio Tojetti Chromolithograph Boston Public Library Boston, MA | Tojetti, Virgilio | |
 | The Israelites Oppressed and Frieze of the Prophets (North End, lunette) by John Singer Sargent 1895 Boston Public Library Boston, MA | Sargent, John Singer | |
 | Pagan Gods (Full Image 1) by John Singer Sargent 1895 Boston Public Library Boston, MA | Sargent, John Singer | |
 | Pagan Gods: Moloch (North End: Vaulting, Left side) by John Singer Sargent 1895 Boston Public Library Boston, MA | Sargent, John Singer | 
"The
central figure on the left of the ceiling arch is Moloch, god of material
things, a hideous monster above whose bead stands the sun with rays reaching
down to draw forth the earth's bounty."
-- John
Singer Sargent, 1916
(Sargent's
Own Explanation on murals)
Directly
across from this is:
Pagan Gods Astarte
and head... |
 | Frieze of Prophets by John Singer Sargent Oil on canvas Boston Public Library Boston, MA | Sargent, John Singer |
In 1913,
"The Prophets," were featured in the New York Times in an extensive
spread
The Israelites
Oppressed lunette and Frieze of
the Prophets
(North End)
General view of
North End, Sargent Hall, Boston Public Library
|
 | Prophets: Zephaniah, Joel, Obadiah, Hosea (West Wall) by John Singer Sargent 1895 Boston Public Library Boston, MA | Sargent, John Singer | |
 | Prophets: Amos, Nahum, Ezekiel, Daniel, Elijah (North Wall, left side of Moses) by John Singer Sargent 1895 Boston Public Library Boston, MA | Sargent, John Singer | |
 | Moses (North Wall) by John Singer Sargent 1895 Boston Public Library Boston, MA | Sargent, John Singer |
Moses is
presented a lot differently given his importance and is more traditional
-- which means in a more Iconic
– more pre-Renaissance --
pre-Perspective sort of way. But he is the only Prophet that is a relief -- and
that makes him, of course, stand out.
This dynamic of two-dimensional V. three-dimensional iconology really POPS... |
 | Prophets: Joshua, Jeremiah, Jonah, Isaiah, Habakkuk (North Wall, right side of Moses) by John Singer Sargent 1895 Boston Public Library Boston, MA | Sargent, John Singer | |
 | Prophets: Micah, Haggai, Malacchi, Zecharia (North End, East Wall) by John Singer Sargent 1890-95 Boston Public Library Boston, MA | Sargent, John Singer |
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