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Women in the Bible

http://bible-women.blogspot.com/

The interpretation of the famous women of the Bible by artists from the late Gothic and the Renaissance till the 20th century. Judith, Salome, Hagar, Tamar, Esther, Rebecca…

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  • Ruth and Naomi in Italy

    Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 12:42 in ruth, lastman

    Ruth Declares her Loyalty to Naomi (1614) by the Dutch painter Pieter Lastman (c.1583-1633).Lastman was a well known history painter working in Amsterdam where Rembrandt was one of his students. Ruth and Naomi are painted here as contemporary women. ...

  • The End of Sodom

    Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 11:40 in lot, trautmann

    Lot Fleeing with His Daughters from Sodom by the German painter Johann Georg Trautmann (1713–1769).Trautmann was fascinated by the dramatic effects of light, especially red light. So he painted gypsies and robbers by their campfires, burning cities...

  • Renaissance Architecture

    Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 13:38 in susanna, altdorfer

    Susanna at Her Bath (1526) by the German Renaissance Painter Albrecht Altdorfer (c.1480–1538).Just as most of his contemporaries Altdorfer painted normally religious scenes, but probably he was much more interested in landscapes which in many cases...

  • Triumphant Herodias

    Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 11:32 in salome, herodias, kramskoj

    Herodias (1886) by the Russian painter Iwan Nikolajewitsch Kramskoj (1837-1887).Kramskoj depicts here Herodias the mother of Salome who was the mastermind behind the intrigue against John the Baptist. But in legend and in art she is frequently mixed ...

  • Oriental Nudes

    Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 10:55 in long, pharaoh's daughter

    The finding of Moses (1886) by the English painter Edwin Longsden Long (1829-1891).Long was primarily an Orientalist painter. He had travelled to Spain, Egypt and Syria to provide himself with inspirations for his lucrative paintings. The biblical su...

  • Esther before the King

    Posted on Saturday November 14th, 2009 at 12:47 in esther, batoni

    Esther before Ahasuerus (1738-40) by the Italian painter Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (1708-1787).It’s a typical classicist painting. The scenery is well known – Esther is losing consciousness before the great King. The architecture and the dresses are...

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Invain

5 stars I.N. Vain

A good method to tell the old, old stories of the Bible. And above all with excellent illustrations.
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