The Bible In Paintings, #42: MISCELLANY

Bing Images | c. 2000 BC -- c. 90 AD | Father, Son & Holy Spirit

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F I L L I N G .. G A P S

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I KEEP ON FINDING ART AFTER-THE-FACT,
not surprisingly, pieces I wish I’d seen earlier when I was gathering up everything I could find on a Bible passage. Frequently now I’m finding new sites to explore—well, “finding” should read “stumbling upon”—and often they contain new pearls.

So, I’ve decided to publish these fresh findings here, out-of-context and unrelated to one another. I did add one parameter: they’re presented chronologically. Viewing them will be rather like walking through a Biblical art museum with dozens of uncategorized offerings: no overarching theme except Christ as Lord (with apologies to nonChristian browsers).

I’m doing so not out of some strange compulsion for completeness, but simply because I enjoyed seeing them even belatedly, and perhaps you will, too. Indeed, this may be the first of other such “retrospectives” in journeying through Scripture; in fact, it seems almost inevitable. Anyway, this seems a good place to insert it, just prior to our dreary forty-year wilderness-wandering. Hope these 32 images speak to you.

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by GUSTAVE DORÉ
“Abraham Entering Canaan”

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by JAMES TISSOT
“Abram Guarding His Sacrifice”

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by EMILE LEVY
“Abraham Washing the Feet of the Three Angels”

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by BENJAMIN WEST
“Isaac's Servant Tying the Bracelet on Rebecca’s Arm”

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by GOVERT FLINCK
“Isaac Blessing Jacob”

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by LUTHER TERRY
“Jacob's Dream”

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by GUSTAVE MOREAU
“Jacob and the Angel”

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by BRACHA LAVEE
“The Twelve Tribes”

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“Pharoah's Dream”

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“Infant Moses on the Nile”

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by GUSTAVE MOREAU
“The Infant Moses”

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by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA
“The Finding of Moses”

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by TINTORETTO
“Moses saved from the waters”
(By show of hands, how many think Tintoretto never actually visited Egypt
and wouldn't recognize a real Egyptian woman even if she slapped him in the kisser?)

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by GUIDO RENI
“Moses with Pharaoh's Crown”

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“Plague Of Flies”

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“8th Plague Of Egypt Locusts”

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by WILLIAM WEST
“The Israelites passing through the Wilderness,
preceded by the Pillar of Light”

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by CHERYL ROSE
“Exodus”

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by HENRI-FREDERIC SCHOPIN
“The Children of Israel Crossing the Red Sea”

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“Crossing the Red Sea”

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“Crossing the Red Sea”

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by HIRAKU-KUN
“Red Sea Crossing”

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by ALEX SOKOLOV
“Crossing the Red Sea”

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by RIDLEY SCOTT
“Exodus: Gods and Kings”

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by MATT BUTCHER
“Moses and the Red Sea”

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“Israelites Gathering Manna”

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by JULIUS SCHNORR VON CAROLSFELD

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Here are links to compendia of three masters
who painted Biblical scenes prolifically:

REMBRANDT van RIJN

GUSTAV DORÉ
(241 wood engravings for
La Grande Bible de Tours)

JAMES TISSOT

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education, advice and technical assistance!

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SNEAK PEEK: Next time,

THE ARK OF
THE COVENANT

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At the Holy Spirit's prompting, I am surveying "Bible art" to give God glory, as many of these artists have done, and for my own amusement and learning; and I thought others might enjoy it and be blessed by it, too. My plan is to proceed methodically from left-to right, Genesis to Revelation, as the Lord wills. Back soon with another.

The Bible encourages us to meditate on it (Ps. 1:1-3, 119:11-16, etc.); these artists have done so, and their works can assist us and enrich our own thoughts about biblical characters, incidents and concepts, and increase our faith in He who is behind it all. As you encounter and consider these images and the related Scriptures and the Spirit enlightens your understanding, please share it with us!

But it is not only oil-on-canvas that can so help us; I refer to the astonishing video series The Chosen, which strolls through the four Gospels at the most leisurely pace. The eight episodes of Season 1 are finished, and the second of a planned seven seasons is coming soon. I say "leisurely" because after an entire year’s viewing Jesus still has only seven of the apostles (although He's preparing to call up Thomas from the minor leagues--but Thomas is skeptical, of course). Anticipating a canvas of fifty-plus hours instead of a movie's paltry two hours, The Chosen turns the characters (especially including Jesus!) into three-dimensional humans and brings the Gospels alive--you have never seen anything even remotely like it! Here is the Official Trailer.

Here is a link for free viewing of The Chosen: “Works with your phone, tablet, and you can cast to your Roku or Chromecast.” Last fall I paid $34.98 for DVDs and ongoing internet access—best 35 bucks I’ve ever spent (I don’t recall how much our marriage license cost, but then it was 42 years ago).

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One of my all-time favorites.

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Not Tintoretto's? You must be a blondist.

I loved it, too.

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Tintoretto’s is a HOOT.

Talk about ANACHRONISMS! hehehe

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Centuries prior to photography, film and telecasting, one can forgive Tintoretto's ignorance and parochialism and assumption and projection. Still, there's a lesson there that still applies.

Meanwhile, Alma-Tadema got nearly everything just right in the painting we both admire; the only "error" I can spot is the women aren't topless, as seems to have been the custom.

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I liked this collection of art the best so far. The depictions of creation, Abraham, the pillar of fire, and the parting of the Red Sea are great in all their variations.

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You can see why I couldn't keep them to myself. I was floored by the high quality of so many of these pieces I stumbled upon--I almost typed "chanced upon," but I don't have the slightest belief in chance or coincidence or luck or good fortune....It's why I never gamble: if God wants to send me money, He knows where to find me.

You-Know-Who led me to them. In a sense it was cherry-picking, because I ignored the mundane works that typically make up half or more of each installment.

So very glad you enjoyed them, too.

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I also noticed beautiful flowering lupines, which seem to be more at home in Nova Scotia than in Egypt. LOL.

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Ol’ Tint is nothing if not thorough,