Keywords: Saint John the Evangelist - Google Art Project (hAEjOiNImm TOQ).jpg In this Byzantine New Testament Saint John the Evangelist stands with a book representing his Gospel The naturalistic treatment of the figure displays the illuminator's debt to the artistic tradition of classical antiquity The treatment of the drapery gives a sense of the weight and volume of the stocky saint The careful modeling of the saint's flesh hair and beard reinforces the illusion of three-dimensionality But the illuminator was not only interested in recreating the visible world he also portrayed the spiritual dimension of his subject He shows John turning his head back over his shoulder to receive the inspiration for his Gospel from the blessing hand of God who emerges from an arc of heaven The plain gold background imbues the whole miniature with an otherworldly quality commons date commons medium commons dimensions commons institution Institution Getty Center commons location commons references commons object_history commons exhibition_history commons credit_line commons inscriptions commons notes commons accession_number commons source http //www getty edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails artobj 3274 commons permission commons other_versions commons zoom core title Saint John the Evangelist core date dateCreated 1133 core location locationCreated Constantinople Istanbul Turkey core format w18 1 x h22 1 cm core type Folio core rights http //www getty edu/legal/copyright html core relation http //www getty edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails artobj 3274 core format medium Tempera colors gold leaf gold paint and ink on parchment c-01c9b990 creator illuminator Unknown c-01c9b990 customtext terms_of_use http //www getty edu/legal/copyright html c-01c9b990 customtext subject God the Father Saint John the Evangelist google display_date 1133 google is_artproject TRUE google is_gigapixel FALSE google is_secured TRUE google partner/id 0000000001c9b990 google picasa_token BMIzFoxDLUAjzpTn-Jrv1zQcDcs special url_id hAEjOiNImm_TOQ google partner/name The J Paul Getty Museum special partner/name_no_lang The J Paul Getty Museum PD-old-100-1923 Google Art Project works by unknown artist Miniatures of Saint John the Evangelist MS LUDWIG II 4 Getty museum - Byzantine New Testament |