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  2. Life of Christ in art - Wikipedia

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    The Nativity story has 7 scenes, and from the Annunciation to the Return from Egypt takes 13. Eadwine Psalter, English manuscript of the mid-12th century, the prefatory cycle now dispersed; Scrovegni Chapel by Giotto, a large combined Life of Christ and of the Virgin in fresco with nearly forty narrative scenes.

  3. James Tissot - Wikipedia

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    Jacques Joseph Tissot (French: [ʒɑk ʒozɛf tiso]; 15 October 1836 – 8 August 1902), better known as James Tissot (UK: / ˈ t ɪ s oʊ / TISS-oh, US: / t iː ˈ s oʊ / tee-SOH), was a French painter, illustrator, and caricaturist.

  4. Return of the family of Jesus to Nazareth - Wikipedia

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    Alleged "Mary's well" in Nazareth, 1917. In Matthew 2:23, the return to Nazareth is said to be a fulfilment of the prophetic word, "He shall be called a Nazarene".It is not clear which Old Testament verse Matthew might have had in mind; many commentators suggest it is Isaiah 11:1, where it says "A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit" (): the ...

  5. Beatitudes - Wikipedia

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    James Tissot, The Beatitudes Sermon, c. 1890, Brooklyn Museum. The Beatitudes (/ b i ˈ æ t ɪ tj u d z /) are blessings recounted by Jesus in Matthew 5:3-10 within the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew, and four in the Sermon on the Plain in the Gospel of Luke, followed by four woes which mirror the blessings.

  6. Last Supper in Christian art - Wikipedia

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    Last Supper by James Tissot, between 1886 and 1894. Tissot shows the Apostles as they most probably ate the meal: on couches, which was the custom of the time. With an oblong table, the artist had to decide whether to show the apostles on both sides, with some seen from behind, or all on one side of the table facing the viewer.

  7. Woes of the Pharisees - Wikipedia

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    James Tissot, Woe unto You, Scribes and Pharisees, Brooklyn Museum. The Woes of the Pharisees are series of criticisms by Jesus against scribes and Pharisees recorded in Luke 11:37–54 and Matthew 23:1–39. [1] Mark 12:35–40 and Luke 20:45–47 also include warnings about scribes.

  8. Adoration of the Shepherds - Wikipedia

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    The episode is recounted, or at least implied, in the Gospel of Luke and follows on from the annunciation to the shepherds, in which the shepherds are summoned by an angel to the scene of the birth. Like the episode preceding it, the adoration is a common subject in art , where it is often combined with the Adoration of the Magi .

  9. Jesus preaches in a ship - Wikipedia

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    Jesus preaches in a ship by James Tissot. This narrative is told in Matthew 13:1-3, [1] Mark 4:1, and Luke 5:1-3. [2] Owing to the vast crowds that followed him from the surrounding towns and villages to listen to his doctrine, Jesus retired to the sea coast. There he entered a boat, that he used as a pulpit, and addressed the crowd on the shore.