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The Bible In Paintings: THE FIRST MURDER

Posted on 01/16/2022 7:01:04 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6



The Bible In Paintings 2
Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Sculptures•Tapestries•Windows





G E N E S I S
CHAPTER 4, VERSE 8

Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

New International Version ©1984, Abrdgd, EMPHASES Added





1
CAMILLO BOCCACCINO
"Cain and Abel"




2
PABLO PERNICHARO
"Cain Killing Abel"




3
DANIELE CRESPI
"Cain Killing Abel"




4
HUGO VOGEL
"Cain Slays Abel"




5
JOSEP VERGARA
"Cain and Abel"




6
"Kain und Abel"




7
LAZZARO PISANI
"The Death of Abel"




8
PETER PAUL RUBENS
"Cain Slaying Abel"




9
SVEND RATHSACK
"Cain et Abel"




10
SANTIAGO REBULL
"The Death of Abel"




11
TITIAN
"Cain and Abel"




12
"Cain and Abel"




13
"Cain and Abel"




14
"Cain Kills Abel"




15
JAN and HUBERT VAN EYCK
"The Killing of Abel"




16
VITTORIO GIUNTI
"The Struggle between Cain and Abel"




17
SEBASTIANO RICCI
"Cain Smiting Abel, with God's Expulsion of Cain"




18
MARC CHAGALL
"Cain et Abel"




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G E N E S I S
CHAPTER 4, VERSES 9-16

Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”

“I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”

The LORD said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground. Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”

Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is more than I can bear. Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

But the LORD said to him, “Not so; if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over.” Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him. So Cain went out from the LORD’s presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

New International Version ©1984, Abrdgd, EMPHASES Added





20
MICHIEL COXIE
"Killing of Abel"




21
BENEDETTO LUTI
"Cain Fleeing from the Sight of God after the Death of Abel"




22
ALESSANDRO ROSI
"Cain and Abel"




23
CORA SMITH
"Cain's Cry"




24
EMANUEL KRESCENC LIŠKA
"Cain"




25
HENRI VIDAL
"Cain"




26
WILHEM VON GLOEDEN
"Cain"




27
GIOVANNI BATTISTA BISCARRA
"The Remorse of Cain"




28
JOÃO MAXIMIANO MAFRA
"Cain Cursed"





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29
GEORGE FREDERIC WATTS
"The Death of Cain"








TOPICS: Apologetics; General Discusssion; History; Theology
KEYWORDS: art; bible; paintings



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1 posted on 01/16/2022 7:01:04 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6
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To: Maudeen; stars & stripes forever; Battle Axe; Vendome; sauropod; left that other site; LoL_lady; ...




T E M P T I N G
THE SERPENT TEMPTS EVE
EVE TEMPTS ADAM, 1
EVE TEMPTS ADAM, 2
HIDING FROM GOD
BANISHED FROM THE GARDEN


A D J U S T I N G
AFTER THE GARDEN
FARMER CAIN AND SHEPHERD ABEL

THE FIRST MURDER
THE FIRST FUNERAL

P O P U L A T I N G
NOAH BUILDS AN ARK
THE GREAT FLOOD
THE WATER RECEDES
GOD'S RAINBOW COVENANT
"RIGHTEOUS" NOAH: DRUNK!
TOWER OF BABEL


2 posted on 01/16/2022 7:02:53 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Watch "THE CHOSEN," about Jesus & the disciples He chose: https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Post-Eden Shepherds and Farmers probably wore clothes! :-)

(((As an Art College Alum, I have many memories about “Life Drawing Class”. I remember thinking that the studio was rather chilly, and expressed my concern to the models. They didn’t seem to care. It was a gig, after all.)))

Drawing the human form is very difficult, and so, artists love to show off their skill by painting nudes. Sometimes, though, it doesn’t fit the story they are trying to depict.

Just Sayin’. Not trying to be fresh.


3 posted on 01/16/2022 7:20:29 AM PST by left that other site (A Man Without Self-Control is like a City Broken Into and Left Without Walls (Proverbs 25:28))
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To: left that other site

I was an architecture major in the USC College of Architecture and Fine Arts, and we 18-year-olds used to take a gander at the nude models in the Fine Arts quad. It was SoCal, so they held the class outdoors.


4 posted on 01/16/2022 7:49:25 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Watch "THE CHOSEN," about Jesus & the disciples He chose: https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Like them all, have no favorite. Thanks, Dan.


5 posted on 01/16/2022 8:23:32 AM PST by etabeta
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To: etabeta

A success, then. Thanks, Alba.


6 posted on 01/16/2022 8:41:29 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Watch "THE CHOSEN," about Jesus & the disciples He chose: https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Thank you Dan, excellent choices as always.
I was surprised how often a jawbone was chosen as Cain’s weapon.

ONLY ‘true on our knees’ repentance and a widespread calling out to Jesus Yeshua God in faith, will bring revival, and save our republic.


7 posted on 01/16/2022 8:53:55 AM PST by InkStone (Omni Vivum Ex Surfboard)
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To: InkStone
The jawbones stood out to me also, Leon.

Saving our republic will only ever be a byproduct of God's primary goal of revival.

8 posted on 01/16/2022 9:02:03 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Watch "THE CHOSEN," about Jesus & the disciples He chose: https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

I do have a favorite…which isn’t easy since the theme creates so much similarity in the treatment of the subject…but my eye keeps coming back to the Titian. And I cannot really say why, but perhaps there is more movement in what is essentially a still pic of an action subject.


9 posted on 01/16/2022 9:13:33 AM PST by Scott from the Left Coast (Make Orwell Fiction Again)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

I suppose being an artists’ model is much easier in Southern California than it is in Boston, MA. :-)


10 posted on 01/16/2022 9:21:43 AM PST by left that other site (A Man Without Self-Control is like a City Broken Into and Left Without Walls (Proverbs 25:28))
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To: left that other site

And, they might get discovered by Hollywood.


11 posted on 01/16/2022 9:26:06 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Watch "THE CHOSEN," about Jesus & the disciples He chose: https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

Titian captured a dramatic instant, in mid-air.


12 posted on 01/16/2022 9:29:14 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Watch "THE CHOSEN," about Jesus & the disciples He chose: https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Well, there is that.


13 posted on 01/16/2022 9:30:39 AM PST by left that other site (A Man Without Self-Control is like a City Broken Into and Left Without Walls (Proverbs 25:28))
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To: Hebrews 11:6
Good Sunday afternoon, Dan - I favor the mosaic. (No. 13)

"Dia shábháil ar fad
anseo!"
"God save all here!"

14 posted on 01/16/2022 10:11:10 AM PST by ConorMacNessa (FMF Corpsman - Lima 3/5 RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: ConorMacNessa

To each his own, Tom!


15 posted on 01/16/2022 10:37:53 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Watch "THE CHOSEN," about Jesus & the disciples He chose: https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen)
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To: left that other site

LOL
I was thinking the same thing....need clothes, even if they are only one generation away from the Garden of Eden.

Amazing how fast man fell. Walking with God in the first generation. Slaying your brother in the second generation.


16 posted on 01/16/2022 3:23:37 PM PST by SisterK (recognize and resist tyranny)
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To: SisterK

Indeed. It didn’t take long at all.


17 posted on 01/16/2022 4:36:29 PM PST by left that other site (A Man Without Self-Control is like a City Broken Into and Left Without Walls (Proverbs 25:28))
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Hardly any blood in any of those paintings..................


18 posted on 01/17/2022 5:36:49 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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