Christian Art Fantasy Collection - An Art Appreciation Intro

 

Fantasy Art Collection - An Art Appreciation Intro (mostly Christian; a few exceptions)

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INCLUDED: Norman Adams, John Ronald Craigie Aitchison, Leroy Almon, Master Alpais, Amish Tradition, Fra Angelico, Armenian Tradition, Francis Bacon, Bandele of Ossi Ilorin, Ernst Barlach, Barna da Siena, Pompeo Batoni, Jack Baumgartner, Giovanni Bellini, Arsen Bereza, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, William Blake, Daniel Bonnell, Sandro Botticelli, Derik Bouts, Frederick J. Brown, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Roger Campin, Caravaggio, Marc Chagall, David Chang, Eularia Clarke, Thomas Cole, Petrus Christus, Honoré Daumier, Gerard David, Georges De la Tour, Eugene Delacroix, Niccolo Dell'arca, Ivanka Demchuk, Duccio di Buoninsiegna, Albrecht Durer, William Edmondson, Pablo Eduardo, Rev. Howard Finster, Caspar David Friedrich, Antonio Gaudi, Paul Gauguin, Matthias Gerung, Kahil Gibran, Eric Gill, Giotto, Anthony Gormley, El Greco, Jonathan Randall Grant, Matthias Grunewald, Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva, Jayson Haebich, Albert Herbert, Hildegard auf Bingen, George Hitchcock, Gerard van Honthorst, Wenceslaus Hollar, Alexej Jawlensky, Geertgen tot Sint Jens, José de Jesús Rodríguez, Jyott, Hilma auf Klint, Lamidi Fakeye, Alexandre Louis Leloir, Jules Bastien-Lepage, Tim Lowly, Theodore Major, Kazimir Malevich, Andrea Mantegna, John Martin, Simoni Martini, Masaccio, Master of Flémalle, Henri Matisse, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Michelangelo, Basia Mindewicz, Henry Moore, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Emil Nolde, Osservanza Master, Elijah Pierce, John Muafangejo, Justin Maurice O'Brien, Michelle Paine, Giovanni di Paolo, Piero della Francesca, Jean-Marie Pirot, Jacopo Pontormo, Harriet Powers,  Steve A. Prince, Paul Ranson, Odilon Redon, Guy Reid, James Reid, Rembrandt van Rijn, Roettgen Master, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Mark Rothko, Georges Raphael, Peter Rodgers, Rouault, Andrei Rublev, Philipp Otto Runge, G. R. Santosh, Karl Schmidt-Rotluff, Hugo Simberg, Robert Smithson, Stanley Spencer, Julia Stankova, Kyle Staver, Hermann Stenner, Tzangarolas Stephanos, Graham Sutherland, Henry Ossawa Tanner, David Teniers the Younger, Theophanes the Greek, Michael Tracy, J. M. W. Turner, Tzangarolas Stephanos, Henry Van der Velde, Vincent Van Gogh, Johannes Vermeer, Andrea del Verrocchio, Roger Wagner, Marianne von Werefkin, Portia Zvavahera. (128)

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Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy, 5th century, mosaic.

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Sant’Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, 451-75, mosaic.

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The Tiberius Psalter. The Harrowing of Hell, c. 1050, Anglo-Saxon England (Winchester), British Library Cotton Tiberius C VI; Folio 14r.

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Christ Acheiropoietos (Made without hands). Russian icon from the Novgorod School, ca. 1100, Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow

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Hildegard of Bingen, Scivias (1151); Copy by nuns in Abbey of St. Hildegard, 1927 and 1933.

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Hildegard of Bingen, The Redeemer, 1151, (Scivias 2.1), Illumination from Scivias (1151).

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Hildegard of Bingen, Illumination from Scivias, 1151, showing her reception of a vision and dictating to teacher Volmar.

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Hildegard of Bingen, “Extinct Stars,” Illumination from Scivias (1151); copy 1927/1933.

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"Root or Tree of Jesse," Icon, 13th cent. Monastery of Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai.

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent, 12th century, Saint Catherine's Monastery, Saint Catherine, Egypt.

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Master Alpais, Reliquary of St. Thomas Becket. Champlevé copper, engraved, chased, enameled and gilt. Limoges, ca. 1190–1200. From Palencia, region of León, Spain.

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Byzantine, Moses and the Burning Bush, c.1100 - c.1300, 36 ¼ x 25 ¼ in. (92 x 64 cm), Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai, Egypt.

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Artist unknown, “Röttgen Pietà,” c. 1300, Painted limewood, height 89 cm, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn

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Giotto, Lamentation (The Mourning of Christ), between 1304 and 1306, fresco, 78.7 x 72.8 in. (200 x 185 cm), Scrovegni Chapel, Padua, Italy.

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Barna da Siena, Christ Bearing the Cross, with a Dominican Friar', tempera on panel, 1330-1350, 12 x 8 1/2 in. (30.5 x 21.6 cm), Frick Collection, New York, NY.

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Duccio di Buoninsiegna, Temptation of Christ (from Maesta), 1308-1311, Tempera and gold leaf on poplar panel, 17 x 18 1/8 in. (43.2 x 46 cm), Frick Gallery, New York.

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Duccio di Buoninsiegna, Appearance on the Mountain in Galilee (from Maesta), 1308-1311, tempera and gold leaf on panel, 14.3 x18.7 in. (36.5 x 47.5 cm), Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena.

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Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi, Annunciation with St. Margaret and St. Ansanus, 1333, Tempera and gold leaf on panel, 120 × 104 in. (305 × 265 cm), Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

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Canteen with Adoration of the Christ Child (detail), Syria or Northern Iraq, mid-13th century. Brass, silver inlay, 17 13/16 × 14 7/16 in. (45.2 × 36.7 cm). Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.

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Theophanes the Greek (Feofan Grek), Transfiguration, 1403, from Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral in Pereslavl-Zalessky, 72 x 53 in., (184 x 134 cm.), Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

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Andrei Rublev, Christ Enthroned in Glory, ca 1400-1410, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

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Unknown artist, God the creator with compass, 1411, Bible historiale, Paris and Clairefontane, Royal MS 19 D III, f. 3r

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Workshop of Robert Campin Netherlandish Annunciation (central panel of Merode Altarpiece) ca. 1427–32, 25 1/4 x 24 7/8 in. (64.1 x 63.2 cm), The Metropolitan Museum, New York (Cloisters).

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Osservanza Master, Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness, ca. 1435, tempera and gold leaf on panel,18 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. (47 x 33.7 cm), Metropolitan Museum, New York.

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Master of the Osservanza, The Resurrection, ca. 1440-45, tempera and gold leaf on panel, 14.5 x 18.1 in. (37 x 46 cm), Detroit Institute of Arts.

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Fra Angelico (Vicchio di Mugello), Sermon on the Mount, 1437, fresco, monastery of San Marco, Florence, Italy.

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Fra Angelico, Noli Me Tangere, 1438, fresco, 69.6 x 54.7 in (177 x 139 cm), Monastery of San Marco, Florence, Italy.

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Fra Angelico (Vicchio di Mugello), Annunciation, 1437, fresco, monastery of San Marco, Florence, Italy.

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Fra Angelico (Vicchio di Mugello), Transfiguration, 1437, fresco, 71.2 x 59.8 in (181 x 152 cm), Monastery of San Marco, Florence, Italy.

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Fra Angelico (Vicchio di Mugello), The Annunciation, Ca. 1426, Tempera on panel; 60 3/5 x 76 2/5 in. (154 x 194 cm), painted for the monastery of Santo Domenico in Fiesole, near Florence. Prado.

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Masaccio, (Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone), The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, 1427, fresco, 81.8 x 34.6 in. (208 x 88 cm), Brancacci Chapel, church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy.

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Masaccio, (Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone), The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, 1427, fresco, 81.8 x 34.6 in. (208 x 88 cm), Brancacci Chapel, church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy.

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Lorenzo Ghiberti, Baptism of Christ, ca 1427, Gilt bronze, 79 x 79 cm; fifth panel of the North Doors of the Baptistery of San Giovanni, Siena.

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Master of Flémalle, Robert Campin workshop; The Bad Thief to the Left of Christ; ca. 1430; former exterior wing of the triptych: Saint John the Baptist (fragment), 134.2 x 92.5 x min. 1.1 cm; Mixed technique on oak; Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main.

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Piero della Francesca, The Baptism of Christ, 1439-1460, egg tempera on poplar wood, 66 × 46 in. (167 × 116 cm), National Gallery, London.

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Giovanni di Paolo, The Creation, & Expulsion from the Garden, 1445, tempera on panel, 18 1/4 x 20 1/2 in. (46.4 x 52.1 cm), Metropolitan Museum, New York.

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Giovanni di Paolo (Italian, ca. 1403–1482), Dante and Beatrice before the Eagle of Justice, ca. 1450. From Yates Thompson 36, fol. 162, British Library, London.

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Niccolò Dell'arca, Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, 1463, group of seven terracotta figures, “Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Vita,” Bologna, Italy.

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Mary Magdalene, from: Niccolò Dell'arca, Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, 1463, group of seven terracotta figures, “Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Vita,” Bologna, Italy.

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Mary Magdalene, from: Niccolò Dell'arca, Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, 1463, group of seven terracotta figures, “Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Vita,” Bologna, Italy.

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Mary of Cleophas, from: Niccolò Dell'arca, Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, 1463, group of seven terracotta figures, “Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Vita,” Bologna, Italy.

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Virgin Mary, from: Niccolò Dell'arca, Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, 1463, group of seven terracotta figures, “Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Vita,” Bologna, Italy.

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Andrea del Verrocchio (born Andrea di Michele di Francesco de' Cioni), Baptism of Christ, 1472–1475, 70 × 59 in. (177 × 151 cm), Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

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Sandro Botticelli, Madonna of the Book, 1481, tempera and gold on wood, 23 × 15.6 in. (58 × 39.5 cm), Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan, Italy.

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Sandro Botticelli, Christ as Man of Sorrows, circa 1500-1510, Tempera and oil on panel, 27 1/8 by 20 1/4 in. (69 by 51.4 cm.), Private Collection.

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Sandro Botticelli, The Mystical Nativity, c. 1500–1501, oil on canvas, 42.7 in × 29.5 in. (108.5 x 74.9 cm), National Gallery, London.

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Sandro Botticelli, Cestello Annunciation, 1490, Tempera on wood, 59 x 61 3/8 in. (150 x 156 cm), Uffizi, Florence.

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Andrea Mantegna, Agony in the Garden, 1458–60, 25 × 31 in. (63 x 80 cm), Tempera on canvas, National Gallery, London.

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Andrea Mantegna. Lamentation of Christ, 1475 and 1501, tempera on canvas, 27 in × 32 in. (68 × 81 cm), Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.

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Andrea Mantegna, St. Sebastian, 1480; tempera on canvas, 100 3/8 x 55 1/8 in. (255 x 140 cm), Musée du Louvre, Paris, France.

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Giovanni Bellini, St. Francis in Ecstasy, 1480, oil on panel, 49.1 × 56 in. (124.6 cm x 142 cm.), Frick Collection, New York.

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Geertgen tot Sint Jans, The Glorification of the Virgin, ca. 1490-1495, oil on panel, 9.6 × 7.1 in. (24.5 × 18.1 cm), Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

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Michelangelo, Pieta, 1498-9, Marble, 68.5 × 76.8 in. (174 cm × 195 cm), St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City.

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Albrecht Dürer, The Prodigal Son, ca 1496, engraving, sheet: 9 9/16 x 7 3/8 in. (24.3 x 18.7 cm).

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Albrecht Durer, Christ Among the Doctors, 1506, Oil on poplar panel, 26 in × 31 in. (65 × 80 cm), Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain.

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Derik Bouts workshop, Mater Dolorosa (Sorrowing Virgin), oil on panel, 1480/1500, oil on panel, 14 7/8 × 11 3/8 in. (37.2 × 29 cm), Art Institute of Chicago.

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Petrus Christus, Portrait of a Carthusian (Netherlandish), 1446, oil on wood, 11 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. (29.2 x 18.7 cm), Metropolitan Museum, New York.

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 Raphael, Niccolini-Cowper Madonna, 1508, oil on panel, 31 3/4 x 22 5/8 in., National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.

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Matthias Grünewald, Resurrection from the Isenheim Altarpiece, 1512-16, Unterlinden Museum, Colmar, France.

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Gerard David (Netherlandish), Rest on the Flight to Egypt, ca 1512-15, 21 × 15 11/16 in. (53.3 × 39.8 cm), Metropolitan Museum, New York.

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Jacopo Pontormo, Deposition (Entombment), 1528, oil on canvas, 123 × 76 in. (313 cm × 192 cm), Church of Santa Felicita, Florence.

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Matthias Gerung, Satire of Indulgences, before 1536, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Blind Leading the Blind, 1568, Distemper on linen canvas, 34 x 61 in. (86 cm × 154 cm), Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy.

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El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos), Christ with the Cross, ca. 1587 – 1596, Oil on canvas, 26 x 20 2/3 in. (66 x 52.5 cm), Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

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El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos), Purification of the Temple, ca. 1600, Oil on canvas, 16 1/2 x 20 5/8 in. (41.9 x 52.4 cm), Frick Collection, New York.

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El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos), Agony in the Garden, 1590, 102 cm × 131 cm (40 in × 52 in), oil on canvas, Toledo Art Museum, Toledo, Ohio.

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Caravaggio, The Calling of Saint Matthew, 1599-1600, oil on canvas, 144 x 126 ¾ in (340 x 322 cm.), Church of San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome.

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Caravaggio, Doubting Thomas, ca. 1600, oil on canvas, 42.1 x 57.4 in (107 x 146 cm), Sanssouci Picture Gallery, Potsdam, Germany.

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Gospel Book (Armenian), 1615, Made in Isfahan; Tempera, gold, and ink on paper; 246 folios, 9 1/8 x 6 3/4 in. (23 x 17.1 cm). J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (MS Ludwig II.7).

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Gerard van Honthorst, Adoration, 1619–1621, oil on canvas, 37.6 x 52 in. (95.5 cm × 131 cm), Uffizi.

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, 1647–1652, marble, life size, Cornaro Chapel of the church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome.

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Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), Christ Crucified between the Two Thieves: The Three Crosses, 1653, Plate: 15 x 17 1/4 in. (38.1 x 43.8 cm), etching.

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Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), Return of the Prodigal Son, 1636, Plate: 6 1/8 × 5 7/16 in. (15.6 × 13.8 cm), etching.

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Georges de La Tour (French), The Penitent Magdalen, ca. 1640, 52 1/2 x 40 1/4 in. (133.4 x 102.2 cm), Metropolitan Museum, New York.

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Wenceslaus Hollar (1607–1677), Creation of the earth (state 2), ca. 1652-1677, engraving; 11 x 10 cm.

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David Teniers the Younger (Flemish), The Good Samaritan, ca 1658, 6 3/4 x 9 in. (17.1 x 22.9 cm), Metropolitan Museum, New York, (copy after Francesco Bassano, ca. 1575, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).

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Tzangarolas Stephanos, The Archangel Michael, 1670/1730, 12 x 7.8 in. (305 x 185 cm.), probably part of a large wooden artophorion (container for consecrated bread), Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece.

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Johannes Vermeer, Allegory of Faith, ca. 1670–1672, oil on panel, 45 x 35 in., Metropolitan Museum, New York.

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Pompeo Batoni, The Return of the Prodigal Son, 1773, 138,4 cm x 100,4 cm x 3 cm, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien.

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Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows, Italy, 18th century. Polychromed wood, human hair, 17 3/4 × 17 3/4 × 9 3/4 in. Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, Inv. FB.514. Photo © RMAH, used with permission.

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William Blake, The Ancient of Days, 1794, in Europe a Prophecy, copy E, Library of Congress.

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William Blake, The Temptation and Fall of Eve (Illustration to Milton's "Paradise Lost"),1807, watercolor and pen and back ink over traces of graphite on paper, 10 x 8 3/16 in. (25.4 x 20.8 cm.), Huntington Library, Pasadena, Ca.

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William Blake, Jacob's Ladder, c.1799-1807, Pen and grey ink and watercolor, The British Museum.

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Philipp Otto Runge, Birth of the Human Soul, 1805, private collection.

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Philipp Otto Runge, Peter Walks on Water, 1806, Oil on canvas, 45 2/3 x 61 ¾ in (116 x 157cm.), Hamburger Kunsthalle.

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Caspar David Friedrich, The Cross in the Mountains (Tetschener Altar), 1807/08, Oil on linen, 45 3/10 × 43 3/10 in (115 × 110,5 cm), Albertinum Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, Germany.

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Thomas Cole, Expulsion From The Garden (detail), 1828, Oil on canvas, 39.75 in × 54.50 in. (100.96 cm × 138.43 cm), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Thomas Cole, Expulsion From The Garden (detail), 1828, Oil on canvas, 39.75 in × 54.50 in. (100.96 cm × 138.43 cm), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.

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J. M. W. Turner, The Angel Standing in the Sun, 1846, Oil on canvas, 79 x 79 cm, Tate Gallery, London.

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J. M. W. Turner, Light and Colour (Goethe's Theory) – The Morning after the Deluge – Moses Writing the Book of Genesis, Ca. 1843, oil on canvas, 31 x 31 in. (78.7 x 78.7 cm), Tate Gallery, London.

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti (English), Ecce Ancilla Domini! (The Annunciation), 1849-50. Oil paint on canvas, 28 ½ x 16 ½ in.  (724 × 419) mm, Tate Gallery, London.

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Honoré Daumier, Ecce Homo, 1850, oil on canvas, 64 in × 51 in (163 cm × 130 cm), Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany.

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John Martin, The Great Day of His Wrath, 1851–3, oil on canvas, 77 2/3 x 119 1/3 in. (196.5 × 303.2 cm.), Tate Gallery, London.

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Eugene Delacroix, Jacob Wrestling with an Angel, 1856-1861, oil and wax paints, plaster, 23-½ x 15-½ feet, Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France.

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Gustave Doré, The Triumph of Christianity Over Paganism, ca 1868, Oil in canvas. 118 x 79 in., The Joey and Tobey Tanenbaum Collection, 2002. Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario. (Engraving, pub. Oct. 1, 1899).

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Alexandre Louis Leloir (French, 1843-1884), Jacob Wrestling with the Angel, 1865, oil on canvas, Musée d'Art Roger Quillot, Clermont-Ferrand.

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Paul Ranson (France), Christ and Buddha, 1880, oil on canvas, 26.2 x 20.2 in, (66.7 x 51.4 cm), Kunstmuseum Den Haag.

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Gustave Doré (French), illustration for Dante, Paradise Canto, Thirty-One, 1885, engraving.

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Vincent Van Gogh, Flowering Field, 1888, oil on canvas, 36 ¼ x 28 ¾ in. (92 x 73 cm), private collection, New York.

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Amish, Bars Quilt, ca. 1890, Pennsylvania; Cotton and wool, 83 x 82 in.; Brooklyn Museum.

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Albert Pinkham Ryder, Jonah at Sea, ca. 1885-1895, oil on canvas, 27 1/8 x 34 ¼ in. (69 × 87 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC.

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Jules Bastien-Lepage (French), Joan of Arc, 1879, oil on canvas, 100 x 110 in. (254 x 279.4 cm), Metropolitan Museum, New York.

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George Hitchcock, The Annunciation, 1887, Oil on canvas, 158.8 × 204.5 cm (62 1/2 × 80 1/2 in.).

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Paul Gauguin, Vision After the Sermon, 1888, Oil on canvas, 72.2 cm × 91 cm (28.4 in × 35.8 in), Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh. 

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Paul Gauguin, Young Christian Girl, 1894, oil on canvas, 25 11/16 x 18 3/8 in. (65.3 x 46.7 cm) Frame: 35 3/8 x 28 1/16 in. (89.9 x 71.3 cm). Clark Institute, Williamstown, Ma.

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Maurice Denis, Road to Calvary, 1889, oil on canvas, 16 1/8 x 12 ¾ in. (41 x 32.5 cm.), Musee d'Orsay, Paris.

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Maurice Denis (French, 1870-1943), Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, 1893, oil on canvas, 16 1/8 x 12 13/16 in. (41 x 32.5cm).

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Henry Van der Velde (1863-1957), Going to Church, ca. 1892, Henry Van De Velde Foundation, Antwerp. 

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Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916), Christ with Red Thorns, 1897. Charcoal and pastel on paper, 19 5/8 x 15 ¾ in. (50 × 40 cm.), Private collection.

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Odilon Redon, Sacred Heart, 1910, pastel and charcoal on paper, 25 ¾ x 19 ¾ in. (65.4 x 50.1 cm), Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands.

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Odilon Redon, Saint John, 1892, pastel on paper.

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Odilon Redon, The Boat (Virgin with Corona), 1907, pastel and charcoal on paper, 17 2/5 x 11 in. (44.2 x 28 cm), Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

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Odilon Redon, "Evocation" (also known as "Head of Christ" or "Inspiration from a Mosaic in Ravenna"), Pastel on paper, undated, The Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, Ct.

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Odilon Redon, Christ and the Samaritan Woman (The White Flower Bouquet), ca. 1895, oil on canvas, 25 ½ x 19 3/5 in. (64.8 x 50.0 cm), Städel Museum.

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Odilon Redon, Calvary, ca 1895, Pastel on paper, 27 1/8 x 207/8 in. (69 x 53 cm), Emil Bührle Collection, Zürich, Switzerland.

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Henry Ossawa Tanner, Annunciation, 1898, oil on canvas, 140 cm × 181.0 cm (57 in × 71.25 in), Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Harriet Powers (American, 1837–1910), “Pictorial Quilt,” 1895–98. Cotton plain weave, pieced, appliqued, embroidered, and quilted, 68 7/8 × 105 in. (175 × 266.7 cm). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Polish Folk Art, pre-1900 designs

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Gaetano Previati (1852–1920), The Way to Calvary, 1901-1904, oil on canvas, Museo Diocesano Carlo Maria Martini,Milan,Italy.

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Hugo Simberg (Finnish), The Wounded Angel, 1903, oil on canvas, 50 × 61 in., (127 cm × 154 cm), Ateneum, Helsinki.

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Hugo Simberg (Finnish), The Wounded Angel, 1905/6, fresco, 50 × 61 in. (127 × 154 cm), Tampere Cathedral.

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Hilma af Klint, The Ten Largest, from The Paintings for the Temple, (1907).

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Hilma af Klint (Swedish), Primordial Chaos, No. 16, The WU/ROSEN Series. Grupp 1, 1906-07

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Henry Ossawa Tanner, Christ and His Mother Studying the Scriptures, c. 1908, Oil on canvas, Canvas dimensions: 49 × 40 in. (124.46 × 101.6 cm).

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Emil Nolde, Christ and the Children, 1910, Oil on canvas, 34 1/8 x 41 7/8" (86.8 x 106.4 cm), Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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Hermann Stenner (1891-1914, German), Mocking of Christ, 1913, oil on canvas. 

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Jan Toorop (Dutch-Indonesian), Madonna, 1914, chalk on paper.

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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Road to Emmaus, 1918, woodcut, Block: 15 9/16 x 19 5/8 in. (39.5 x 49.9 cm).

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Stanley Spencer, The Last Supper, 1920, oil on canvas, 1126x1452 mm

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Kahlil Gibran (Lebanese, 1883–1931), "I have come down the ages," Watercolor and graphite on paper, H. 14, W. 10-1/2 inches (35.6 x 26.7 cm.), Metropolitan Museum.

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Marianne von Werefkin, The Way of the Cross II, 1921.

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Marianne von Werefkin, Cross in the Landscape, 1909.

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Kazimir Malevich (Polish-Ukrainian; Soviet Russia), “Mystic Suprematism (Black Cross on Red Oval),” 1920-1922, 39.4 x 23.3 in. (100.2 x 59.2 cm.).

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Ernst Barlach, Der Schwebende ('The Hovering'), 1927, bronze, Güstrow Cathedral, Germany.

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Ernst Barlach, Der Schwebende ('The Hovering'), 1927, bronze, Güstrow Cathedral, Germany.

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Ernst Barlach, Der Schwebende ('The Hovering'), 1927, bronze, Güstrow Cathedral, Germany.

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Ernst Barlach (German), The Goodbye (The Reunion), 1926, mahogany wood (Sapeli).

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Alexej von Jawlensky, Abstract Head, 1929, oil on canvas.

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Alexej von Jawlensky, Abstract Head, 1929, oil on canvas.

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Alexej von Jawlensky, Abstract Head, 1929, oil on canvas.

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Georgia O'Keeffe, Black Cross, 1929, oil on canvas, 39 X 30 in, Art Institute of Chicago.

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James Reid, “The Life of Christ in Woodcuts”, 1930, book.

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James Reid, from “The Life of Christ in Woodcuts”, 1930, book.

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Francis Bacon, Crucifixion, 1933, oil on canvas, 24 ¾ x 19 in. (62 x 48.5 cm), Damien Hirst's Murderme Collection.

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Eric Gill, Healing of Bartimaeus, 1934, stone sculpture, Moorefields Eye Hospital, London.

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Allan Rohan Crite (1910 - 2007), “And the Lord Said,” 1934, oil on canvas.

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Georges Rouault, Christ and Two Disciples, 1937, oil on canvas.

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Marc Chagall, White Crucifixion, 1938, 60 7/8 × 55 1/16 in. (154.6 × 140 cm), Art Institute of Chicago.

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William Edmondson, (American, 1874-1951), undated, Limestone.

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Horace Pippin, John Brown on His Way to Hanging, 1942, Oil on canvas, 24 1/8 x 30 1/4 in. (61.3 x 76.8 cm.), Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

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Jacob Lawrence, Catholic New Orleans, 1941, gouache on paper, 28 1/4 x 34 1/4 in. University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.

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Jacob Lawrence, "There are many churches in Harlem. The people are very religious," 1943. Transparent and opaque watercolor on paper; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas.

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Jacob Lawrence, Genesis No. 3, And God said, Let the earth bring forth the grass, trees, fruits and herbs, from Eight Studies for The Book of Genesis, 1989-1990, silkscreen.

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Henry Moore, Madonna and Child, 1943-44, bronze, St Matthew’s Church, Westminster.

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Graham Sutherland, Deposition, 1947, Oil on canvas, 50 x 45 cm, Methodist Modern Art Collection.

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Bandele of Ossi Ilorin (George Bandele Areogun) (Yoruba people, Nigeria), The Transfiguration, circa 1947-1980, panel from door, collection of the SMA African Art Museum, Tenafly, NJ

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Lamidi Fakeye, (Yoruba people, Nigeria), Transfiguration, circa 1947-1980, carved wooden panel, collection of Drs. Nicholas Bridger and Sue Yoes.

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Henri Matisse, Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence, 1951, France.

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Henri Matisse, Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence, 1951, France

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Henri Matisse, Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence, 1951, France.

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Justin Maurice O'Brien, The Miraculous Draught, circa 1958, Oil over gold leaf on paper on hardboard, signed upper right of right panel: O'Brien, triptych: 41.5 x 47.5 cm overall.

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Robert Smithson (American, 1938–1973), “Feet of Christ,” 1961. Gouache on paper, 18 × 14 in. (45.7 × 35.6 cm). © Holt/Smithson Foundation

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Eularia Clarke, Storm, 1963, Oil on canvas laid down on board, 62 x 62 in., Methodist Art Collection

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Peter Rodgers (b 1933), Ascension, 1963, oil on board, 125 x 100 cm (49.21 x 39.37 in), The Methodist Art Collection.

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Jerzy Nowosielski (Polish, 1923–2011), The Baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan, 1964. Oil on canvas, 39 ½ x 31 ½ in (100 × 80 cm.)

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John Muafangejo (1943-1988, Namibia), Judge Man, 1969, linocut, 28x20cm

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Mark Rothko, Paintings (ca 1949-1970), National Gallery, Washington, DC.

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Elijah Pierce, Your Life is a Book and Every Day Is a Page, by Elijah Pierce, 1973, paint and glitter on carved wood, gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr., and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson.

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Theodore Major (England, 1908-1999), Crucifixion, Wigan; 120 x W 149 cm.

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Sister Gertrude Morgan (1900-1980) stands on her porch in Lower Ninth Ward, 1974. Photograph by Guy Mendes. Courtesy of the artist and Institute 193 (Gallery), New York, NY.

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Sister Gertrude Morgan (1900-1980) in her Everlasting Gospel Revelation Mission, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1974. Photograph by Guy Mendes. Courtesy of the artist and Institute 193. (Gallery), New York, NY.

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Sister Gertrude Morgan (1900-1980), Untitled (Jesus is my Airplane), ca 1956-1980, poster paint, pencil, and ink on paper, 9.5 x 11.75 inches, Shrine Gallery, New York

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Howard Finster, Words of Jesus Only, #2,198, 1981, (detail), Paint on reverse side of cut-out interior plywood paneling, 80 5/16 x 27 1/2 inches. (The Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art)

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Rev. Howard Finster, The Devil’s Vice (No. 1,112), Apr. 3, 1998

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Frederick J. Brown (1945-2012), The Ascension, 1982, Oil on canvas, 9 ft. × 84 in., Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Frederick J. Brown (1945-2012), The Baptism, 1994-5, mixed media on canvas, 108 x 48, Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis University, Missouri.

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Fritz Eichenberg, Dorothy Day (from "Homage", a portfolio of 12 portraits), 1984, woodcut, 10 x 8" image size.

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Keith Haring, 1985

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Anthony Gormley, Silence II, 1986, lead sheets over infrastructure, Crypt of Winchester Cathedral.

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Albert Herbert (1925-2008, English), Jesus Stripped of His Garments II, 1987, oil on board, 14 x 11 inches.

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Michael Tracy, "Triptych: Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Stations of the Cross for Latin America — La Pasin," 1981-1988. acrylic on tarpaulin mounted on wood with glass, pottery and mixed media, with tin corona (MOCRA collection)

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Leroy Almon, Hell, 1990, enamel on carved redwood with nails. Courtesy of Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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 Keith Haring, 1990

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Jyott (?), Karnataka State, India, Parable of the Lost Sheep And the Good Shepherd, 1991

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Norman Adams (1927-2005, English), The Deposition, 1991, Oil on canvas, 1775 mm x 1265 mm x 25 mm.

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Nicholas Pope (1949, English), The Apostles Speaking in Tongues lit by their own lamps, 1993-96, Salisbury Cathedral, temporary installation.

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Guna People, San Blas Islands (Panama), Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, 1997, Stitching on Fabric, The William Benton Museum of Art, [1997.1.177b]

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Tim Lowly, Temma on Earth, 1999, Acrylic gesso with pigment on panel, 8’x 12′.  Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA.

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Tim Lowly, Carry Me, 2002, Mixed media on panel, 108” x 48”, private collection, Chicago. 

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Tim Lowly, Radiator, 2018, Acrylic on panel, 48 × 117 in, 121.9 × 297.2 cm

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Jean-Marie Pirot, Resurrection, 1998, St Paul de Meythet Church, Arcabas, France.

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Jean-Marie Pirot, Resurrection, 1998, St Paul de Meythet Church, Arcabas, France.

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Guy Reid, Madonna and Child, 2000, St. Matthew’s Church, Westminster

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Antonio Gaudi (1852-1926), Antonio Gaudi, completed in 2000, ceiling of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.

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Antonio Gaudi (1852-1926), Antonio Gaudi, completed in 2000, ceiling of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.

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John Ronald Craigie Aitchison (1926-2009, Scottish), 2001, Screenprint.

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Jack Baumgartner (b 1976, USA) , “Jacob Wrestling With God,” 2012.

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Daniel Bonnell, The Baptism of Christ II, circa 2010s.

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Steve A. Prince, From the “Nine Souls” suite, 2015, linocut.

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Basia Mindewicz (b. 1978, Poland), The Lamentation, 2016. Tempera.

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Ioan and Camelia Popa, Noetic Ark Church in Alba Iulia, Romania, dedicated to Saint Brâncoveni and Saint Joan. Foundation stone: May 31, 2007.

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Ioan and Camelia Popa, ca 2017, Frescoes; Noetic Ark Church in Alba Iulia, Romania, dedicated to Saint Brâncoveni and Saint Joan. 

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Ioan Popa, Woman at the Well, ca 2017, Fresco Noetic Ark Church in Alba Iulia, Romania.

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Julia Stankova (Bulgarian, 1954–), Christ and Bartimaeus, 2017, Painting on wooden panel, 14 1/8 x 17 ¾ in. (36 × 45 cm.).

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Julia Stankova, Peter sinking in the waves, ca 2010s, Painting on wooden panel.

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Julia Stankova, Samaritan Woman, 2014, painting on wooden panel.

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Roger Wagner, "The Flowering Tree." 2012, Stained Glass Window, Church of St Mary the Virgin, Iffley

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Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva, Haruspex, 2015, Pavilion of the Holy See, 56th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, 9 May – 22 November 2015.

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Kyle Staver, Adam and Eve and the Goats, 2016, oil on canvas, 64 x 54 in.

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Kyle Staver, The Annunciation 2, 2016, oil on canvas, 50 x 42 in.

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Jayson Haebich (Australia/Hong Kong), Star of Bethlehem, 2016; at Salisbury Cathedral 2016, Ely Cathedral 2017 and Chichester Cathedral 2018.

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Jonathan Randall Grant, Advent Altarpiece, Chapel of the Holy Spirit, South Bend, 2017

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Arsen Bereza (b. 1989, Ukraine), Baptism of Christ, 2018.

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Ivanka Demchuk (Ukrainian, 1990–), Resurrection, Saint Nicholas with Scenes from His Life, 2018. Mixed media on wood. Design for the Church of St. Nicholas, Granada, Spain.

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Ivanka Demchuk (Ukrainian, 1990–), Resurrection, 2018. Mixed media on wood. Design for the Church of St. Nicholas, Granada, Spain.

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Natalya Rusetska (Ukraine), Creation of the World, 2020, egg tempera on gessoed wood, 15 ¾ x 11 3/4 in. (40 x 30 cm.).

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David Chang, ca 2010-2020, ink on paper.

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David Chang, ca 2020, ink on paper

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Alfonse Borysewicz (b 1957, based in Brooklyn), Man of Sorrows, ca 2020

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Alfonse Borysewicz, Flagellation, 2010-14. Oil and wax on linen with gold leaf on cardboard, 26 x 21 inches.

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Pablo Eduardo, The Lord’s Baptism At The Hands Of John The Baptist In The River Jordan, ca 2018, bronze, Christ Cathedral, Garden Grove, Ca.

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Roger Wagner, The Fields Are White, 2019.

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Portia Zvavahera (Zimbabwe), Kubuda Mudumbu Rinerima (Rebirth from the Dark Womb), 2019, Oil-based printing ink and oil bar on canvas. 189 x 128cm.

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Portia Zvavahera (Zimbabwe), Ndakaoneswa murima (Prayer amid a battle), 2021, 82 x 75 3/4 inches (208.3 x 192.4 cm), David Zwirner Gallery, New York.

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José de Jesús Rodríguez (b. 1991, Salinas, Ca., lives and works in Brooklyn, NY), In the Water, 2023, circa 72 x 60 in.

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Michelle Paine, Dei, 2023, oil on canvas, 22 x 16 in.

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Coptic, Madonna Enthroned, Wall Paintings, Ancient Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Yeha village, Northern Ethiopia

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