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(Icon of the Descent of Jesus from the Cross) 21 May 1914: Ortonovo: Pope Pius X: Madonna della Neve 2 August 1914 Ponticelli: Pope Pius X Madonna della Libera 8 September 1914 Moiano: Pope Pius X [citation needed] Our Lady of the Angels [131] 12 April 1915 Cicciano: Pope Benedict XV Santissima Annuziata [132] 18 April 1915 Chiesa dell'Ave ...
The Healing of the Paralytic – one of the oldest known depictions of Jesus, [ 18 ] from the Syrian city of Dura Europos, dating from about 235. Initially Jesus was represented indirectly by pictogram symbols such as the ichthys (fish), the peacock, or an anchor (the Labarum or Chi-Rho was a later development).
Year. 1661–1679. (1661–1679) Type. Ceiling Fresco. Location. Il Gesù, Rome. Triumph of the Name of Jesus is a 17th-century fresco painting by Giovanni Battista Gaulli. [1] The fresco occupies the nave of the Church of the Gesù in Rome, with both fresco painting and stucco molding.
The Neapolitan nativity scene is a representation of the birth of Jesus traditionally set in Naples in the eighteenth century. [1] The Neapolitan crib art has remained unchanged for centuries, becoming part of the most consolidated and followed Christmas traditions of the city. Famous in Naples, in fact, is the well-known via dei presepi (via ...
The Madonna of humility by Domenico di Bartolo 1433 has been described as one of the most innovative devotional images from the early Renaissance [35]. Catholic Marian art has expressed a wide range of theological topics that relate to Mary, often in ways that are far from obvious, and whose meaning can only be recovered by detailed scholarly analysis.
The Last Judgment. The Sistine Chapel ceiling (Italian: Soffitto della Cappella Sistina), painted in fresco by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone work of High Renaissance art. The Sistine Chapel is the large papal chapel built within the Vatican between 1477 and 1480 by Pope Sixtus IV, for whom the chapel is named.
Nicodemus Visiting Jesus was inspired by the Gospel of John, 3:1-21.. There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
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.