Posted on 06/15/2023 6:35:54 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6
The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying |
We’ve seen most of these images before, in the context of the stories they depict; here they are again, along with a brief biography of each artist.
William BLAKE Carl BLOCH Edward BURNE-JONES CARAVAGGIO The DELLA ROBBIAS Gustave DORÉ The GENTILESCHIS Lorenzo GHIBERTI William Brassey HOLE Howard David JOHNSON Yongsung KIM MICHELANGELO | SISTINE CHAPEL’s WALLS SISTINE CHAPEL’s CEILING Andrey MIRONOV Vasily POLENOV He QI RAPHAEL REMBRANDT Peter Paul RUBENS Henry Ossawa TANNER Louis Comfort TIFFANY Benjamin WEST Rick WIENECKE and James TISSOT |
1 WILLIAM BLAKE "The Creation of Eve: ‘And She Shall Be Called Woman’" 2 WILLIAM BLAKE "Satan Watching the Caresses of Adam and Eve" 3 WILLIAM BLAKE "Eve Tempted by the Serpent" 4 WILLIAM BLAKE "Satan Exulting over Eve" 5 WILLIAM BLAKE "Cain Fleeing from the Wrath of God The Body of Abel Found by Adam and Eve" 6 WILLIAM BLAKE "Jacob's Dream" 7 WILLIAM BLAKE "Joseph Making Himself Known to His Brethren" 8 WILLIAM BLAKE "Moses at the Burning Bush" 9 WILLIAM BLAKE "Moses Erecting the Brazen Serpent" 10 WILLIAM BLAKE "The Devil Rebuked; The Burial of Moses" 11 WILLIAM BLAKE "Samson Breaks the Shackles" 12 WILLIAM BLAKE "Samson Subdued" 13 WILLIAM BLAKE "Naomi Entreating Ruth and Opra to Return to the Land of Moab" 14 WILLIAM BLAKE "Saul, the Shade of Samuel and the Witch" 15 WILLIAM BLAKE "David Pardoning Absalom" 16 WILLIAM BLAKE "Job’s Family" 17 WILLIAM BLAKE "Job's Evil Dreams" 18 WILLIAM BLAKE "The Whirlwind: Ezekiel's Vision of the Cherubim and Eyed Wheels" 19 WILLIAM BLAKE "Nebuchadnezzar" 20 WILLIAM BLAKE "The Angel Appearing to Zacharias" 21 WILLIAM BLAKE "The Angels Appearing to the Shepherds" 22 WILLIAM BLAKE "The Baptism of Christ" 23 WILLIAM BLAKE "Christ Tempted by Satan to Turn the Stones to Bread" 24 WILLIAM BLAKE "Christ Raising Jairus's Daughter" 25 WILLIAM BLAKE "St. Matthew" 26 WILLIAM BLAKE "Christ in the House of Martha and Mary" 27 WILLIAM BLAKE "Christ's Entry into Jerusalem" 28 WILLIAM BLAKE "The Last Supper" 29 WILLIAM BLAKE "‘Behold Thy Mother’" 30 WILLIAM BLAKE "The Resurrection: The Angels Rolling Away the Stone from the Sepulchre" 31 WILLIAM BLAKE "The Three Marys" 32 WILLIAM BLAKE "Mary Magdalene at the Sepulchre" 33 WILLIAM BLAKE "Christ Appearing to His Disciples after the Resurrection" 34 WILLIAM BLAKE "The Ascension" 35 WILLIAM BLAKE "The Conversion of Saul" 36 WILLIAM BLAKE "The Great Red Dragon and the Beast from the Sea" 37 WILLIAM BLAKE "The Whore of Babylon"
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We are going to enjoy immensely this new chapter!!!
Blake’s art is remarkable, complex, sometimes with obscure symbolism; original, mystical. The more I study his paintings, the more I like his individualistic style.
He's been growing on me, also. Apparently, he is an acquired taste.
You started with what might be my favourite!
Just obeying the alphabet, LOL.
Blake’s appeal is limited, certainly, but another viewer’s wife has a coffee table book on him.
Glad I hit a homer for you. Perhaps you’ll gain some more favourites along the way....
William Blake must have been a genius.
This work reminds me of The Chosen series: By going beyond the text, he provokes thought and pulls stuff to the surface that we may not otherwise consider. Thus we are enriched and blessed.
Thank you!
Excellent point, K.
The biblical artists I admire the most all do exactly that. Most of the artists I’ll be featuring here are those.
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