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In 2016, a documentary film, The Original Image of Divine Mercy, was released and told the story of the original Divine Mercy painting and its survival over the decades. Made with the co-operation of the Archdiocese of Vilnius , the film included interviews with Jim Gaffigan , Bishop Robert Barron , Harry Connick Jr. , and Archbishop Gintaras ...
The central panel shows Jesus sitting in judgment on the world, while St Michael the Archangel weighs souls: he sends the damned towards Hell (the sinner in St. Michael's right-hand scale pan is a donor portrait of Tommaso Portinari); the left hand panel shows the saved being guided into heaven by St Peter and the angels.
The life of Christ as a narrative cycle in Christian art comprises a number of different subjects showing events from the life of Jesus on Earth. They are distinguished from the many other subjects in art showing the eternal life of Christ, such as Christ in Majesty , and also many types of portrait or devotional subjects without a narrative ...
[2] A week later, Jesus appeared and told Thomas to touch him and stop doubting. Then Jesus said, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." [3] The painting shows in a demonstrative gesture how the doubting apostle puts his finger into Christ's side wound, the latter guiding his hand.
Paintings of Christ and the woman taken in adultery (11 P) Pages in category "Paintings of Jesus" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 233 total.
The Archangel Michael stands on death's shoulders, [6] the largest figure in the painting, whose body and wings span the entire pictorial space. [10] Michael wears jewel-studded golden armour and has curly blond hair and multicoloured wings similar to those seen in the donor panel of van Eyck's 1437 Dresden Triptych of the Virgin and Child. [6]
Johann Michael Ferdinand Heinrich Hofmann (19 March 1824 – 23 June 1911) was a German painter of the late 19th to early 20th century. He was the uncle of the German painter Ludwig von Hofmann. He was born in Darmstadt and died in Dresden. He is best known for his many paintings depicting the life of Jesus Christ.
The Nativity of Jesus has been a major subject of Christian art since the 4th century. The artistic depictions of the Nativity or birth of Jesus , celebrated at Christmas , are based on the narratives in the Bible, in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke , and further elaborated by written, oral and artistic tradition.