Judith Bronkhurst claimed that this painting's artist only worked on it during the month of November, by hanging a lamp on a tree.
Judith Bronkhurst claimed that this painting's artist only worked on it during the month of November, by hanging a lamp on a tree. This painting inspired the second oratorio by Arthur Sullivan. In a letter to the London Times, John Ruskin praises the "exquisite mystery of colour" and the lack of "a single clear outline" found in the ivy on this painting's left side and also touts the inability to "make out in form" any of the small gems found on the clasp of the central figure's cloak. A bat can be seen at the top of this painting, representing the "natural symbol of ignorance" of man. The full moon serves as a halo behind the head of the central figure of this painting, who approaches an overgrown door representing the "human soul" that has no handle. The human figure in this painting knocks at that door with one hand, while a chain wrapped around the other hand's wrist holds up a glowing lantern. For 10 points, name this allegorical depiction Christ based on a passage in Revelation and painted by William Holman Hunt. 
Judith Bronkhurst claimed that this painting's artist only worked on it during the month of November, by hanging a lamp on a tree.
The Light of the World