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"The Prayer at Valley Forge" in the last 20 years has become increasingly cherished and recognized as a supreme 20th century masterpiece of patriotic American art. In it we feel the cold, the suffering, and the weight of the burden falling on the tall and lonely man, driving him to his knees there in the bitter snows of Valley Forge. |
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the impact of history. In it we see Moses, standing before God on Mt. Sinai, receiving the tenfold proclamation that the entire Western Civilization is founded upon – and at the same time we see one of the greatest tributes of both man and truth ever produced, the original King James Bible. |
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And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians. – abridged from Exodus 14 From the thundering pages of Holy Writ have come man's supreme inspiration for his greatest achievements in literature, drama, music, and art. It was the Holy Bible itself that inspired Cecil B. DeMille's epic motion picture "The Ten Commandments." As his chief artist and designer, Arnold Friberg spent over three years working closely with Mr.DeMille, visualizing in hundreds of sketches and paintings, bringing to life a variety of scenes and human characters for the motion picture and the authentic historic costumes for the leading stars. |
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