10 Religious Paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Pieter Bruegel the Elder is remembered first as the great painter of peasants, of hunters in the snow and dancing…
The Hail Mary Prayer: Full Text, Meaning, and the Art It Inspired
The Hail Mary prayer in English and Latin, its meaning, and the paintings that show it line by line, from Fra Angelico and Simone Martini to Raphael and Caravaggio.
Adam and Eve Paintings and the Loss of Paradise
Adam and Eve paintings through art history, from Durer and Cranach to Titian, Rubens, Hans Baldung and Gustav Klimt, with the meaning of the apple, the serpent and the fig leaf.
Psalm 91: Full Text (KJV), Meaning, and the Prayer of Protection
Under his wings: Psalm 91 through Christian art, from Christ treading the beasts at Ravenna to the guardian angels of Cortona and Verrocchio.
The Prayer of St. Francis: Full Text, Meaning, and the Saint in Art
The peace prayer of St Francis, make me an instrument of your peace, through Christian art. Its true origin, the saint behind it, and masterpieces by Giotto, Bellini, Zurbaran, Caravaggio and El Greco.
Create in Me a Clean Heart: Psalm 51 and the Penitent David
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.
Psalm 23, The Lord Is My Shepherd: Full Text (KJV), Meaning, and Art
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.
Alonso Cano, the Spanish Michelangelo of Paintings
Alonso Cano paintings carry the silvery hush of Granada and the quiet devotion that earned him the nickname of the Spanish Michelangelo.
The Last Bruges Paintings of Gerard David
Gerard David paintings close the great age of Bruges. Step into the silvery Madonnas and altarpieces of the last early Netherlandish master.
The Strange Religious Paintings of Hans Baldung
Hans Baldung paintings carry the Dürer line into a stranger, more visionary world. Step inside the altarpieces of the German Renaissance master of Strasbourg.