This painting of Christ carrying the cross on which he is to be crucified is oil on panel and measures 42 x 59.9 cms | 16 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches. It is housed in the Slovak National Gallery, Slovakia.
The Chapel of Thanksgiving is a non-denominational building in downtown Dallas, Texas. Built in 1976, the site was designed “to promote the concept of giving thanks as a universal, human value.” The contemporary chapel celebrates this idea through a striking stained glass…
A mountainous forest landscape dominates Bruegel's painting The Conversion of Paul. Moving in a diagonal sweep from the center foreground to the right background, a crowd of people, including a number of soldiers in armor, swarm into a gap in the rockface. In the left…
This is one of two paintings by Caraggaio on the same subjet=ct, the conversion of Paul. The painting records the moment when Saul of Tarsus, on his way to Damascus to annihilate the Christian community there, is struck blind by a brilliant light and hears the voice of…
The Coronation of Mary is a subject in Christian art, especially popular in Italy in the 13th to 15th centuries, but continuing in popularity until the 18th century and beyond. The subject honoring Mary became common as part of a general increase in devotion to Mary in the…
The Coronation of the Virgin is a painting by Diego Velázquez of the Holy Trinity crowning the Blessed Virgin Mary, a theme in Marian art. It is now at the Museo del Prado. Velázquez painted The Coronation of the Virgin for Queen Elizabeth of Bourbon`s new prayer chapel at…
The Bible, its themes, events and characters, are the subject of many of mankind's finest works of art.
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