The Lord Bless You and Keep You: Numbers 6 in Art
The Lord bless you and keep you. The Aaronic blessing of Numbers 6:24-26 in art, from the high priest Aaron to the oldest scripture ever found.
The Lord bless you and keep you. The Aaronic blessing of Numbers 6:24-26 in art, from the high priest Aaron to the oldest scripture ever found.
I can do all things through Christ. The real meaning of Philippians 4:13, written from prison, seen through Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Valentin de Boulogne, and El Greco.
Be still, and know that I am God. Follow Psalm 46:10 through Christian art, from Rembrandt’s stolen storm to Delacroix and Ensor, and the verse as wall art.
My help comes from the Lord. Psalm 121, the pilgrim psalm, through Christian art: the Songs of Ascents, the Keeper who never sleeps, and the angel who guards the traveler.
Under his wings: Psalm 91 through Christian art, from Christ treading the beasts at Ravenna to the guardian angels of Cortona and Verrocchio.
Create in me a clean heart, O God. Follow Psalm 51 and the penitent King David through Christian art, from the Stuttgart Psalter and Books of Hours to Honthorst, de Grebber and Guercino.
The Lord is my shepherd has shaped Christian art for eighteen centuries. Follow Psalm 23 from the Roman catacombs to Ravenna, the medieval psalters, and the great devotional painters.