The Bible in Art: Miniatures, Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures Inspired by the Old Testamentdoi:10.1080/15436322.1958.10795919Walter L. NathanArt Journal
At one point, Blake also created an alchemically-themed tarot deck. When he learned that it was to be used by Varley and Hockley as a “key” for the Diogenes’ occult operations, Blake, realizing that the Diogenes represented the “chartered” forces of the establishment, got Samuel Palmer...
In the 1830s the Louvre hosted exhibitions in which contemporary paintings were presented. Amongst the works known to have been in the catalog was Liberty Leading the People. Inspired by the Revolution of the Glorious Thirties, the painting depicts the allegory of liberty in the form of a bare...
The painting represents a scene from the Bible where John the Baptist baptizes Jesus in the river of Jordan. This scene is very interesting because of what looks like a flying saucer hovering over them. Could this really be a flying saucer beaming a light on Jesus and John the Baptist? Co...
pencils. Cliff is a lover of nature. He is always inspired by the unseen beauty in his subjects which he brings out on his canvas. Social life, landscapes, young men and women, older men and children are the things that tickle his moods. His drawings are will and innocent at the same...
Working in a realistic style inspired by classic illustrators David is deeply rooted and grounded in the Greco-Roman artistic tradition, Feeling that with realistic art, the human form is the ultimate arena for artistic expression. His lifelong dream came true when his Traditional Realistic Art was...
the Franciscan Brother, Joseph Gardener who reinforced his readings of the Bible. This gentle figure is what inspired his first painting of St. Francis, a recurring subject in his painting.From the late 1960s, he engaged in a series of paintings on Christ that start with The Last Supper, ...
The Medieval Jewish philosopher Maimonides taught that angels are creatures possessing form without matter. They are pure spirits differentiated from one another not by any bodily distinctions but solely by spiritual form and purpose, that the angels are only seen in the Bible as creatures of fire ...
While I am very drawn to the deep wisdom and spiritual teachings the Bible offers, it is through a connectedness that I've built outside of a formal religion that guides me. A calling that I have found when I go within - in deep prayer - an inner knowing. I am inspired to walk in...
On the other hand, we can always go religious and turn to the Bible for advice. There we find “Faith, hope, and charity, and the greatest of these is charity.” So. Problem solved. I have found my one word –Charity. That said, I do like the painting Moo offered me for this pr...