Classic Art on This Site

Three Dozen Art Masterpieces as Illustrations

  1. "Abraham's Counsel to Sarai," watercolor by James Tissot, Jewish Museum, New York
  2. "Acts of the Apostles, chapter 1," by Distant Shores Media/Sweet Publishing
  3. "Agnus Dei" (Lamb of God) oil painting by Francisco de Zurbaran, Museo del Prado, Madrid
  4. "Christ on the Sea of Galilee" by Peter Paul Rubens
  5. "Christ's Prophecy of the End of the World" by Frans Hogenberg
  6. "Devotions at Home" oil painting by Elisabeth Baumann
  7. "Divine Service in the Catacombs of St. Calixtus, A.D. 50," black and white illustration, late 19th century
  8. Earth's City Lights, photo
  9. Easter: "The Holy Women at Christ’s Tomb" by Annibale Carracci
  10. Elder brother. Illustration of Luke 15 by Jim Padgett
  11. "The Great Commission," stained glass window at the Cathedral Parish of Saint Patrick in El Paso
  12. "He created dry land, the seas and plants," woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld for The Bible in Pictures
  13. Indulgence seller at work, woodcut, anonymous
  14. Jewish Temple - The Soul of Jerusalem" oil painting by Alex Levin
  15. "Jonah," The University and State Library, Darmstadt (Germany), anonymous
  16. "Jonah Preaches to the Ninevites" From Ridpath's Universal History, Book Third
  17. "Light of the Lamb" mosaic on church building
  18. "The Lord's Prayer," watercolor by James Tissot
  19. "Lost Sheep," baptismal fountain relief by Adolf Wagner von der Mühl, Vienna, Austria
  20. "The Merchants Chased from the Temple" by James Tissot
  21. "Missionary preaching in a kukui grove in Hawai" -- drawn by Alfred T. Agate, engraved by J. A. Rolph
  22. "Moses before the burning bush," oil painting by Gebhard Fugel
  23. My Shepherd | Painting on a ceiling in St. Callixtus catacomb, outskirts of Rome
  24. "The Passion of Creation" oil painting by Leonid Pasternak
  25. "Peter denies that he is one of Jesus’ disciples" y Gustave Dore
  26. "Preaching to Natives on the lava at Kokukano, Hawaii," sketch by William Ellis
  27. "Reading the Bible" oil on panel by Gerrit Dou, The Louvre, Paris
  28. "The Reapers," oil painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
  29. Satan -- detail in "The Last Judgment" by Jacob de Backer
  30. "Saint Ambrose" oil painting by Rutilio di Lorenzo Manetti
  31. "The Sermon of the Beatitudes," watercolor painting by James Tissot
  32. "Still Life with a Bible" oil painting by Vincent van Gogh, van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
  33. "The Temptation of Christ" by Juan de Flandes
  34. "The Ten Commandments," illustration from a card published by Providence Lithograph Company
  35. Young Samuel Hears God's Voice, illustration from a card published by Providence Lithograph Company
  36. "Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog" by Caspar David Friedrich
-- Howard Culbertson, hculbert@snu.edu

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