Holy Week, in the Christian Church, the week between Palm Sunday and Easter, observed with special solemnity as a time of devotion to the passion of Jesus Christ.
Paintings depicting this chapter of the Passion of Christ were intended for devotion and immensely popular in Italy at the time; yet the caliber and provenance of this particular rendering by a lead painter of the north Italian school, who would later influence Caravaggio and other Baroque painters, are truly exceptional.
"I was impressed by the passion of the singers, and their total devotion to and involvement in an art form," said David Mabey of Shrub Oak, who ushers with his wife, Diana.
Without a vision as an artist, this Wright has no driving principle in his life, and the devotion of his followers seems less like the passion of artistic disciples than like the delusional worship of members of a cult.
The Passion of the Colbert.
Rather than sounding like everyone else, it was Hayes' unique vocal style — infusing classical precision with the passion and devotion of Negro spirituals — that brought him international renown and set a trailblazing precedent for African Americans in the performing arts during the early 1900s.
Robinson Cano played for the Dominican team Estrellas Orientales, as did his father, and said the passion and devotion for those teams easily rivaled that of major league teams here.
He loved us with the passion and the devotion that encompassed his life.
However, its dogged and calculated system can produce work with "the association of devotion and passion" that Eyton recognised in Pemberton's big mature landscape Tot de Bas, Evening.
On another occasion, Jerry proposed that a lyric could be written for a pawnbroker, the words made up entirely of the declarations of passion and devotion inscribed on the various pocket watches, wedding rings and other tokens of undying love that had ended up in hock.
