Classic Art on This Site

More than Two Dozen 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. "The Lord's Prayer," watercolor by James Tissot
  18. "Lost Sheep," baptismal fountain relief by Adolf Wagner von der Mühl, Vienna, Austria
  19. "Moses before the burning bush," oil painting by Gebhard Fugel
  20. My Shepherd | Painting on a ceiling in St. Callixtus catacomb, outskirts of Rome
  21. "The Passion of Creation" oil painting by Leonid Pasternak
  22. "Peter denies that he is one of Jesus’ disciples" y Gustave Dore
  23. "Preaching to Natives on the lava at Kokukano, Hawaii," sketch by William Ellis
  24. "Reading the Bible" oil on panel by Gerrit Dou, The Louvre, Paris
  25. Satan -- detail in "The Last Judgment" by Jacob de Backer
  26. "Saint Ambrose" oil painting by Rutilio di Lorenzo Manetti
  27. "The Sermon of the Beatitudes," watercolor painting by James Tissot
  28. "Still Life with a Bible" oil painting by Vincent van Gogh, van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
  29. "The Temptation of Christ" by Juan de Flandes
  30. "The Ten Commandments," illustration from a Bible card published by the Providence Lithograph Company
-- Howard Culbertson, hculbert@snu.edu

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