a visit with jesus

 Bible Art

The Sermon on the Mount
Artist: Claude Lorrain
 1656    Painting

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This painting features many of the typical motifs of Claude's landscapes, including rivers, forests, and distant mountains, all laid out in an atmospherically expansive perspective. The depth of the horizon also allows Claude to provide a condensed Biblical geography within the pictorial space, incorporating Mount Lebanon in the distance, the Sea of Galilee to the right, and the Dead Sea and River Jordan to the left. In the foreground, on a summit of Mount Tabor, Christ and his apostles preach to an ardent crowd of disciples, interspersed with more nonchalant groups of sheep. The diminishing size of the figures enhances the illusionistic depth of the canvas.

The sermon depicted here is drawn from the Gospel of St. Matthew, and includes Christ's expositions on Christian ethics through the Beatitudes; he also pronounced the Lord's Prayer to the multitudes for the first time during this speech.

The Shrine of the Three Kings
Artist: Nicholas of Verdun
 1190-1220    Sculpture

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The Shrine of the Three Kings is a large, gilded sarcophagus that is believed to hold the remains of the Three Wise Men.  It took sculpture Verdun 30 years to complete.  it is on display at Cologne Cathedral, Cologne, Germany.  It is made of Gold and precious gemstones.