scourging
- present participle of scourge.
Example Sentences
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I cannot use the words which would be necessary to describe the second102 painting of the Scourging, in this missal.
From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John
In hearing Mozart I saw Botticelli's "Spring"; in hearing Wagner I had seen the Titian "Scourging of Christ."
From Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory by Symons, Arthur
The central picture represents the Scourging of Christ, a subject of which Sebastian was especially fond, as it gave the opportunity of displaying his great anatomical power.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
The Scourging of Heliodorus is full of energy, power, and movement.
From Raphael A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation by Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)
Both artists painted the same subject, but the former represented the Scourging of St. Andrew, and the latter St. Andrew led away to the Gibbet.
From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) by Spooner, Shearjashub
