In this unusual scene (that is also known as Mystical Nativity) Lippi confounds conventional depictions that place the Adoration in a stable surrounded by animals and the wise men. The setting is a deep pine forest with five figures. This is a tribute to the monastery of…
This image has a relatively simple composition as compared to many of Mantegna's works, setting the busts of five figures around the baby Jesus, set against a completely dark background. To the left, Mary holds up the newborn Christ, a subject of adoration for the "magi" or…
This religious painting reflects a common theme in Rennaisance Florentine Art – the event of the three wise men or the Magi offering their gifts to baby Jesus in the Bible. This is a tempera painting measuring 111 x 134 cm. It is housed in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence,…
The Agony in the Garden depicts the idea of Christ pushing away the angels (who are themselves frightened of the approaching Passion), with the apostles asleep at left, partly cut off, and, in the shadow, the soldiers preparing to arrest Jesus,
he Agony in the Garden is a small painting by William Blake, completed as part of his 1799–1800 series of Bible illustrations commissioned by his patron and friend Thomas Butts. The work illustrates a passage from the Gospel of Luke which describes Christ's turmoil in the…
The Agony in the Garden is a common theme in medieval and early modern religious art. According to the Gospels, Jesus took a walk to pray in the garden of Gethsemane after the Last Supper, accompanied by the Apostles Peter, John and James. As he walked, Jesus was…
The Bible, its themes, events and characters, are the subject of many of mankind's finest works of art.
Here, we endeavor to present a myriad of examples from the history of art.
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