Masterpieces of the Bible

by White, Keith J.

• ISBN13: 9780801011511
• ISBN10: 0801011515
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-10-01
• Publisher: Baker Pub Group

Summary

Encounter the story of the Bible through the eyes of some of the world's greatest artists. Forty pictures from masters of the third to the 20th centuries reveal to us their perceptions of some 5of the great stories from the biblical tradition.

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(4)
Old Testament	11	(32)
`The Ancient of Days' William Blake	12	(2)
The Creation of Adam Michelangelo	14	(2)
Expulsion from Paradise Masaccio	16	(2)
The Exile from the Ark and the Drunkenness of Noah Bedford Book of Hours	18	(2)
Tower of Babel Escher	20	(2)
Lot Fleeing with His Daughters from Sodom Durer	22	(2)
Rebecca at the Well Pellegrini	24	(2)
Jacob with the Flock of Laban Jusepe de Ribera	26	(2)
Joseph in Egypt Jacopa da Pontormo	28	(2)
The Brazen Serpent Tiepolo	30	(2)
The Scapegoat Holman Hunt	32	(2)
The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon E. J. Poynter	34	(2)
Vision of Ezekiel Raphael	36	(2)
The Three Men in the Fiery Furnace Catacomb, Rome	38	(2)
Belshazzar's Feast Rembrandt	40	(3)
New Testament	43	(52)
The Madonna del Granduca Raphael	44	(2)
Christ in the House of his Parents Millais	46	(2)
Christ among the Doctors Bernardino Luini	48	(2)
The Baptism of Christ Piero della Francesca	50	(2)
The Marriage at Cana Mattia Preti	52	(2)
The Penitent Magdalen Georges de la Tour	54	(2)
Christ on the Lake of Gennesaret Delacroix	56	(2)
The Transfiguration Raphael	58	(2)
Kitchen Scene with Christ in the Home of Martha and Mary Velazquez	60	(2)
A Parable: Return of the Prodigal Son Rembrandt	62	(2)
Christ Driving the Traders from the Temple El Greco	64	(2)
The Last Supper Leonardo da Vinci	66	(2)
The Agony in the Garden El Greco	68	(2)
Christ before the High Priest Honthorst	70	(2)
Pilate Washing his Hands Mattia Preti	72	(2)
The Crucifixion Grunewald	74	(2)
Pieta Michelangelo	76	(2)
The Resurrection of Christ Piero della Francesca	78	(2)
Noli Me Tangere (Don't Touch Me) Titian	80	(2)
The Supper at Emmaus Caravaggio	82	(2)
The Conversion of Saul Michelangelo	84	(2)
The Light of the World Holman Hunt	86	(2)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Durer	88	(2)
The Great Day of His Wrath John Martin	90	(2)
Christ in Glory in the Tetramorph Graham Sutherland	92	(3)
Bible References to the Pictures	95	(1)
Author's Acknowledgements	96