Alexander Kanevsky lectures on Renaissance, Post-Renaissance and New Renaissance Vita Activa and Vita Contemplativa. Two attributive aspects of wholeness and meaningfulness of human life, according to the Bible and issuing theosophy. In this respect Rubens would be allegorized to the former, while Velasquez to the latter aspect, latter illustrated by as early work as the “Christ in the House of Mary and Martha”, 1618