The Bible in Pictures (Olga E.)

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Bible
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The Bible in Pictures
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Michelangelo, Bosch, Da Vinci, Brueghel the
Elder, Gauguin, Doré Masterpieces depicting
the most important episodes of the Old and New
Testaments
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From the Creation of Adam to the Last Judgement
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The Creation of Adam Genesis 127 27 So God
created man in his own image, in the image of God
created he him male and female created he
them. The focal point of the episode of the
Creation of man is the contact between the
fingers of the Creator and those of Adam,
through which the breath of life is transmitted.
God, leans towards Adam, shown as a resting
athlete, whose beauty seems to confirm the words
of the Old Testament, according to which man was
created to the image and likeness of God. Yes
Adam, who looks languidly at his creator, has a
navel, which caused theological debate. The
Bible doesn't say whether Adam and Eve had
navels, so artists had to decide for themselves.
Michelangelo Michel-Ange The
Creation of Adam La Création dAdam La creación
de Adán 1512 Sistine Chapel, Vatican City
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The Garden of Eden Genesis 225 25 And they were
both naked, the man and his wife, and were not
ashamed. Left wing of the triptych Garden of
Earthly Delights. The central figure is God, who
has just created Eve out of one of Adam's ribs.
God introduces them to each other. Many animals
and birds appear to be living in peaceful
co-existence but In the foreground some animals
can be seen eating others. Perhaps Bosch meant
that the Fall was imminent. Hieronymu
s Bosch Jérôme Bosch The Garden of Eden, The
Garden of Earthly Delights, left panel Le
Paradis, Le Jardin des délices, panneau de
gauche El jardín del Edén, El jardín de las
delicias, panel izquierdo 1490-1500 Museo
Nacional del Prado, Madrid
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The Garden of Eden Genesis 215 15 And the LORD
God took the man, and put him into the garden of
Eden to dress it and to keep it. a lush and
vibrant Garden of Eden the idyllic beauty of
Paradise before the Fall Cranach depicts
paradise as a beautiful Garden of Eden filled
with animals, who live peacefully with one
another. God presents Eve to Adam, surrounded
by a multitude of animals, both real and
mythical. Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach l'Ancien The Garden of Eden Le
Jardin d'Eden El jardín del Edén 1530 Gemäldegaler
ie Alte Meister, Dresden
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The Fall Genesis 36 6 And when the woman saw
that the tree was good for food, and that it was
pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to
make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and
did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her
and he did eat. Eve takes the apple from the
snake, who has told her that after eating the
fruit she will be as God, knowing good and evil.
Michelangelo Michel-Ange The
Fall La Chute La Caída del Hombre 1508-1512 Sistin
e Chapel, Vatican City
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The Expulsion from Paradise Genesis 324 24 So
he drove out the man and he placed at the east
of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming
sword which turned every way, to keep the way of
the tree of life. As punishment for their
disobedience Adam and Eve are driven from
Paradise. Another part of their punishment is
their realization that they are
naked. Michelangelo
Michel-Ange The Expulsion from Paradise L'Expulsio
n du paradis Expulsión del Paraíso
1508-1512 Sistine Chapel, Vatican City
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Cain and Abel Genesis 48 8 And Cain talked with
Abel his brother and it came to pass, when they
were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel
his brother, and slew him. A dramatic
chiaroscuro Cain and Abel were sons of Adam
and Eve. They both brought sacrifices before
God, but Cain's offering was rejected. Cain then
killed Abel. Jacopo Tintoretto Le
Tintoret Cain and Abel Caïn tuant Abel ou Le
Meurtre d'Abel Cain y Abel. Caín matando a
Abel 1550-1553 Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
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The Deluge Genesis 717 17 And the flood was
forty days upon the earth and the waters
increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift
up above the earth. Desperate people seek
refuge on a mountain top. They hope to be safe
from the rising water. In the background is
Noah's ark, the only ship that would survive the
flood. Michelangelo
Michel-Ange The Deluge Le Déluge Diluvio 1508-1512
Sistine Chapel, Vatican City
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The Deluge Genesis 721 21 And all flesh died
that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of
cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping
thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every
man A family struggling to survive but no
salvation is possible. Just ask the corpse
floating in the water. Anne-Louis
Girodet Scène du déluge Scene from a Deluge El
diluvio 1806 Musée du Louvre, Paris
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The Tower of Babel Genesis 114 4 And they said,
Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose
top may reach unto heaven and let us make us a
name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face
of the whole earth. God looked down upon these
souls, and judged that in their ambition they
were trying to equal him. So he decided to
punish them with the Confusion of Tongues.
Since people could no longer understand each
other, they were scattered over the earth at
last. Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Pieter Brueghel l'Ancien The (Great) Tower of
Babel La Tour de Babel La torre de Babel
1563 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
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The Destruction Of Sodom And Gomorrah Genesis
1924 24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and
upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD
out of heaven The cities of Sodom and
Gomorrah were destroyed by God with brimstone and
fire because of their sins. Only Lot and his two
daughters escaped. John
Martin The Destruction Of Sodom And Gomorrah La
Destruction de Sodome et Gomorrhe La destrucción
de Sodoma y Gomorra 1852 Laing Art Gallery,
Newcastle upon Tyne
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The Sacrifice of Isaac Genesis 2210 10 And
Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the
knife to slay his son. The expression on
Isaac's face says it all his father about to
cut his throat to prove his loyalty to God!
Isaac doesn't want to die! At that precise
moment, an angel intervenes and tightly grasps
the old man's wrist. Caravaggio
Caravage Sacrifice of Isaac Le Sacrifice
d'Isaac El sacrificio de Isaac 1603 Galería
Uffizi, Florencia
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Moses Exodus 26 6 And when she had opened it,
she saw the child and, behold, the babe wept.
And she had compassion on him, and said, This is
one of the Hebrews' children. a splendid
landscape the figures a jester the black maid
in yellow and red carrying the basket and the
pharaohs daughter in her sumptuous pearl-
coloured brocade dress Hardly ever in the
history of painting has a religious theme been
treated in such a profane manner. Paolo
Veronese The Finding of Moses Moïse sauvé des
eaux Moisés salvado de las aguas 1580 Museo del
Prado, Madrid
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Samson et Dalila Judges 1619 19 And she made
him sleep upon her knees and she called for a
man, and she caused him to shave off the seven
locks of his head and she began to afflict him,
and his strength went from him. the Philistine
Delilah cuts the hair a group of soldiers
emerges from the forest the ass's jawbone, which
Samson used to slay a thousand Philistines,
uselessly lies nearby In the courtly setting of
Cranach's time, this subject had an allegorical
meaning, warning men of the pitfalls of love, or
women of the deception of men. Lucas
Cranach the Elder Lucas Cranach l'Ancien Samson
and Delilah Samson et Dalila Sansón y Dalila
1528-1530 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York
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Judith and Holofernes Judith 138 8 And she
smote twice upon his neck with all her might, and
she took away his head from him Two women pin
down a man on a bed. With one hand, Judith holds
his head with the other, she slices his throat
with a long sword and ... the dripping blood
soaking the white sheets. Artemisia
Gentileschi Judith Slaying Holofernes Judith
décapitant Holopherne Judit decapitando a
Holofernes 1620-1621 Galleria della Uffizi,
Florence
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David and Goliath 1 Samuel 1751 51 Therefore
David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and
took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath
thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head
therewith. And when the Philistines saw their
champion was dead, they fled. Titian uses a
very unusual iconography in this painting.
David prays after defeating the Philistine
giant, and the leaden sky is rent by the light
of grace. Tiziano Vecellio Le Titien
David and Goliath David et Goliath David y
Goliat c. 15421544 Santa Maria della Salute,
Venice
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Annunciation Luke 128 28 And the angel came in
unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly
favored, the Lord is with thee blessed art thou
among women. Moving and powerful in its great
simplicity. The center of the composition is the
convergence of the two hands between the
annunciation and the acceptance. Time is
suspended, it is the sacred moment of the
Annunciation. Botticelli has created a
veritable freeze frame on this solemn
moment. Sandro Botticelli Cestello
Annunciation L'Annonciation du Cestello Anunciació
n de Cestello 1489 Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
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Adoration of the Shepherds John 95 5 As long as
I am in the world, I am the light of the
world. Clear Caravagist influence The
Christ Child is the only source of light, casting
a warm glow on the faces of those who look over
him. This is likely a direct Biblical
reference to Jesus statement I am the light of
the world. Gerrit van
Honthorst Adoration of the Shepherds Adoration
des bergers Adoración de los pastores 1622 Pomeran
ian State Museum, Greifswald
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The Baptism of Christ Mark 19 9 And it came to
pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth
of Galilee, and was baptized of John in
Jordan. On the banks of the River Jordan in
Palestine, Jesus is being baptized by St
John. The beams of light and the white dove
symbolize Jesus' divinity. The painting is known
for the fact that one of the angels , the left
one, was painted not by the master himself, but
by a student of Verrochio's the young Leonardo
da Vinci. Andrea del Verrocchio The
Baptism of Christ Le Baptême du Christ Bautismo
de Cristo 1472 - 1475 Galleria degli Uffizi,
Florence
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The Last Supper John 1321 21 When Jesus had
thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and
testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto
you, that one of you shall betray me. Jesus
has just told his followers that he is about to
be betrayed by one of them. Leon
ardo da Vinci The Last Supper La Cène La última
cena 1495-1498 Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan
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The Last Supper Mark 1424 24 And he said unto
them, This is my blood of the new testament,
which is shed for many. One transparent,
ghostly man and twelve more people wearing long
robes bow over a long table. The "Nuclear
Mysticism" period. Dali a devout Roman Catholic
astonished by the "atomic age".
Salvador Dalí The Sacrament of the
Last Supper La Dernière Cène La Última
Cena 1955 National Gallery of Art, Washington,
D.C.
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Kiss of Judas Mark 1444 44 And he that betrayed
him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I
shall kiss, that same is he take him, and lead
him away safely. Jesus petrified but
serene and Judas wrapping his cloak around him to
give him the kiss of death. Giotto the first
great modern artist. An advance to his time that
laid the foundations of what would be the new
painting. Giotto di Bondone Kiss of
Judas Le Baiser de Judas El beso de
Judas 1304-1306 Cappella degli Scrovegni (Arena
Chapel), Padua
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Ecce Homo John 195 5 Then came Jesus forth,
wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe.
And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the
man! "Behold the Man!" The dialogues between
Pilate and the crowd are inscribed by the painter
near the mouths of the figures. Thus, to the
prefect's Ecce Homo, the people respond Crucifige
Eum (Crucify him!). Hieronimus
Bosch Jérôme Bosch Ecce Homo c. 1476 or
later Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
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Crucifixion John 1925 25 Now there stood by the
cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's
sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary
Magdalene. An Orthodox Calvary with its
crucified Christ and three Mary's ... or, not so
classic ... a vibrant fall landscape the small
village of Pont-Aven in Brittany a Christ in a
cloying yellow against a dark brown cross a
villager jumping a fence and three women kneeling
at the foot of the cross during the evening hour
of Angelus Paul Gauguin Le Christ
jaune The Yellow Christ El Cristo
amarillo 1889 Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
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Crucifixion Matthew 2745 45 Now from the sixth
hour there was darkness over all the land unto
the ninth hour. The crucified man wears
phylacteries and tephillim wrapped around his
forehead, the Torah scrolls are held up by an
angel blowing a shofar figures swept away in the
storm a refugee ship sinks, the village and
synagogue are in ashes, Jews flee or drown a
mother carries her child away "...Chagall does
not paint the Son of God but the King of the
Jews. His Christ is not the instrument of
salvation for everyone, but the symbol of the
suffering for all. (P. Schneider, Paris, 1995,
op. cit., p. 103). Marc Chagall La
Crucifixion en jaune The Yellow Crucifixion
Crucifixión amarilla 1942 Musée dArt moderne,
Paris
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The Entombment Mark 1546 46 And he bought fine
linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the
linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn
out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door
of the sepulchre. The whole scene is a freeze
frame of this crucial moment, the movements of
the hands in the air, the expressions the
amazement, the sadness, and the pain of the
faces, the despair We are in front of them, we
participate in this tragic scene, we live it,
and suddenly, we are led out of it when we see
the face turned towards us of the character who
surrounds Christs legs with his arms he is the
only one who is staring at us, who speaks
directly to us. Nicodemus is there, his
wrinkled, tired, perplexed face, whose intense
look stares at us, challenges us with our eyes,
questions us, brings us face to face with
ourselves, before the body of Christ without
life, calls us to the light. Caravaggio
Le Caravage The Entombment of Christ La Mise au
tombeau Santo Entierro 1602-1604 Pinacoteca
Apostolica, Vatican City
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The Incredulity of Saint Thomas John 2027 27
Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger,
and behold my hands and reach hither thy hand,
and thrust it into my side and be not faithless,
but believing. an absolutely fascinating
scene a magnificent composition where all eyes
converge on Christ's wound Cara
vaggio Le Caravage The Incredulity of Saint
Thomas L'incrédulité de Saint Thomas La
incredulidad de santo Tomás 1602 Sanssouci,
Potsdam
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Supper at Emmaus Luke 2431 31 And their eyes
were opened, and they knew him and he vanished
out of their sight. Caravaggio freezes the
scene at the moment in which the Gospel of Luke
says Christ took the bread, blessed it, and
distributed it, making them recognize him. Amid
the apostles' agitation, two figures remain
impassive the innkeeper, unaware of the story,
and Christ himself, blessing what forms a
prodigious still life. Caravaggio
Caravage Supper at Emmaus Le Souper à Emmaüs ou
la Cène à Emmaüs Cena de Emaús 1596-1601 The
National Gallery, London
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Last Judgment Revelation 204 4 Then I saw
thrones, and seated on them were those to whom
the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw
the souls of those who had been beheaded for the
testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and
those who had not worshiped the beast or its
image and had not received its mark on their
foreheads or their hands. They came to life and
reigned with Christ for a thousand
years. Memling's depiction of the Last
Judgment, a popular medieval subject. The dead
arise from their graves. Jesus descends from
heaven to administer justice. Archangel Michael
weighs them with his scales. Some end up in
Hell, others are welcomed to heaven by St. Peter.
Hans Memling The Last Judgement Le
Jugement dernier El Juicio Final 1467-1471 Muzeum
Narodowe, Gdansk
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Revelation 201 1Then I saw an angel coming down
from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the
bottomless pita and a great chain.
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Last Judgment Revelation 2011 11 And I saw a
great white throne, and him that sat on it, from
whose face the earth and the heaven fled away
and there was found no place for them. An
iconic work that strikingly depicts the scene of
the Last Judgment described in the Bible. Dore
transports viewers into a realm where heaven and
earth collide. Gustave Doré Le
Jugement dernier The Last Judgment El Juicio
Final 1866 gravure sur bois Bibliothèque
nationale de France
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