Bible Art

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Category

Artwork Type

San Marco Altarpiece

1439 Painting

This painting is one of Fra Angelico's most famous pieces, a painting of the Madonna and child surrounded by saints.m This painting is housed in the San Marco Museum of Florence, Italy. It measures height: 220 cm (86.6 in) ; width: 227 cm (89.3 in)

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San Zaccaria Altarpiece

Giovanni Bellini

1505 Painting

This oil on canvas was painted by Giovanni Bellini in 1505. It is one of the finest examples of the so-called sacra conversazione or “sacred conversation” which was developed by Renaissance Italian artists and replaced the rigid polyptych form of the earlier periods. The…

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San Zeno Altarpiece

Andrea Mantegna

1457-60 Painting

This altarpiece depicts six separate scenes, central amongst them the sacra conversazione, in which saints surround the Madonna and Child. The bottom three panels present, from left to right, the agony in the garden, the crucifixion, and the resurrection. The frame of the…

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Santa Croce Crucifix

Donatello

1408 Sculpture

One of the earliest surviving works from Donatello is titled Santa Croce Crucifix. This work was created by the artist during his early life while he was still studying the art of sculpture in Rome. It’s a depiction of a crucified Christ hanging on a cross, his arms…

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Saul and David

Rembrandt

1651-1658 Painting

The painting depicts Saul, the king of the Israelites. He is visually touched by the harp playing. The depicted situation comes from 1 Samuel 16:14-23 and 1 Samuel 18:8-11, in which King Saul is abandoned by the Holy Spirit, and God sends him an evil spirit. It taunts Saul,…

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Sermon on the Mount

Carl Heinrich Bloch

1877 Painting

This Danish painter's early work featured rural scenes from everyday life. From 1859 to 1866, Bloch lived in Italy, and this period was important for the development of his historical style. He was commissioned to produce 23 paintings for the Chapel at Frederiksborg…

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Bible Artwork by Artist

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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