Ancient Religious Frescoes

Historic frescoes from various churches in Italy, illustrating religious narratives and figures with vibrant colors and detailed storytelling.

The Offering of the Magi Surmounted by a Row of Angels by artist unknown, 12th century

The first seven steps of Mary mosaic inside The Narthex, Chora Museum, also known as Kariye Muzesi, Edirnekapi, Istanbul, Turkey

Peru. Cusco. Church of San Pedro de Andahuaylillas (16th century). Murals paintings..

Japan, Honshu, Kansai, Osaka, Tennoji, Shitennoji Temple, Ancient Wall Painting Depicting Buddha

The Saint-Pierre church of Moutiers-en-Puisaye. Wall painting. Biblical scene, 12 th century. Zacchariah and the angel Gabriel. France.

Romania, Bucovina Region, Bucovina Monasteries, Voronet, Voronet Monastery, 15th century, religious frescoes done in Voronet blue, original paint made with lapus lazuli stone

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, Bominaco, S. Pellegrino, Oratory, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Greece, West Macedonia, Kastoria, Taxiarches Mitropoulos church, built in 9th century AD, frescoes

England, London, Westminter, Westminster Abbey, The Chapter House, Medieval Paintings depicting John's Arrival at the Island from the Book of Revelation

The oldest frescoes in the German-speaking area (10th) (11th century) in the St. Proculus Church in Naturno, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

La Charola, 12th century, former Romanesque oratory of the Templars, inspired by the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Church of the Convent of Christ, year 1162, Tomar, Portugal.

Apse of Ginestarre from the church of Santa Maria Ginestarre. Dated 11th Century

Chapel with frescoes of xiii century, stenico, Italy

PINTURAS-S SALVADOR DE VALDEDIOS. Location: IGLESIA DE SAN SALVADOR DE VALDEDIOS. Villaviciosa. ASTURIAS. SPAIN.

Turkey, Central Anatolia, Cappadocia, Aksaray province, Ihlara valley, Odorous church (Kokar Kilise) in Ihlara canyon

Fresco inside the church of San Giacomo Maggiore, in Irone, ghost town, Tre Ville, Val Rendena, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.

adoration of the three wise men adoration of the three wise men, altar frontal of Santa Maria de Iguacel, XIII century, tempera painting on pine wood, Diocesan Museum of Jaca, Huesca, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 21400105

Crucifixion and Dormition of the Virgin, frescoes in the church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Causeni, Moldavia, 18th century.

Patrauti church, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Suceava, Bucovina, Romania, Europe

Virgin holding the Christ child, centered between, the Annunciation to the Shepherds and the Adoration of the Magi, Cathedral dedicated to the Virgin Mary in Verona Virgin holding the Christ child, centered between, the Annunciation to the Shepherds and the Adoration of the Magi, Cathedral dedicated to the Virgin Mary in Verona Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 21132596

Geschichte des Heiligen Stephanus Stoning of Saint Stephen, Romanesque fresco, circa 1100, Church of Sant Joan de Boí, Alta Ribagorça, National Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 23146351

Virgins procession. 6th century. ITALY. Ravenna. San Apollinare Nuovo. Byzantine art. Mosaic.

Murals depicting Ramayana and Mahabharat on ceiling in Chennakeshavaraya temple Adiyamankottai near Dharmapuri Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Byzantine warrior, Monastery of St. Saviour in Chora, 11th century, Istanbul, Turkey.

Scenes form the Life of St Bernardine, by Gian Giacomo da Lodi, 1477, 15th Century, fresco. Italy: Lombardy: Lodi: San Francesco church: S. Bernardino Chapel. Whole artwork. Scenes form the Life of St Bernardine episode/scene red green

Apse from the church in the Castle of Orcau. end 11th c. Detail of Saint Paul and Saint Thomas. Romanesque art. Fresco. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. National Art Museum of Catalonia. Proc: SPAIN. CATALONIA. LLEIDA. Isona i Conca Dellö. Castle of Orcau.

Christian Priest on a 3rd cent. fresco. Lullingstone. Roman period. ENGLAND.

Europe, Romania, Rasca monastery c. 1542, the Last Judgment

Job (Hebrew: , Arabic: Ayyub) is the central character of the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible. Job is also recognised as a prophet of God in the Qur'an. The Book of Job begins with an introduction to Job's character. He is described as a blessed man who lives righteously. God's praise of Job prompts Satan to challenge Job's integrity and suggesting that Job serves God simply because he protects him. God removes Job's protection, allowing Satan to take his wealth, his children, and his physical health in order to tempt Job to curse God. Despite his difficult circumstances, he does not curse God, but rather curses the day of his birth. And although he protests his plight and pleads for an explanation, he stops short of accusing God of injustice. Most of the book consists of conversations between Job and his three friends concerning Job's condition and its possible reasons, after which God responds to Job and his friends. The characters in the Book of Job consist of Job, his

Medieval wall paintings, Little Wenham church, Suffolk, England, UK.

Murals in the Mayan ruins of Bonampak (aged 1200 years) depicting ritual human sacrifice. Chiapas, Mexico. March 2014.

Deutschland Hessen, Herleshausen Burgkirche St. Bartholomäus Innenraum Chor Deckenfresken Kreuzigung *** Germany Hesse, Herleshausen Castle Church St Bartholomew Interior Choir Ceiling frescos Crucifixion ,property released

Angels holding cross, detail, 6th century mosaic, north wall, San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

TURKEY. G_reme. Snake Church (Yilanli Kilise). Depiction of Saint George with the dragon, 10th-12th c. Detail. UNESCO World's Heritage. Romanesque art. Fresco.

Church of St Gregory of Tigran Honents, Mural frescoes, Ani Archaeological site, Kars, Turkey, Asia

Adoration of the Magi, 1490 ca., fresco in the church of Saint Proculus, Naturns, Vinschgau Valley, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 15th century.

Fresco of Christ Pantocrator in Mandorla, the four living beings of the Apocalypse, on the left Mary and the Evangelist John, on the right Peter and St. Cyriacus, apse dome of the pillar basilica St. Cyriacus, 13th century, Romanesque, Berghausen, Schmallenberg

Frontal depicting the childhood of Jesus by Anonymous. Dated 14th Century

Bulgaria, Varna. Assumption of Virgin Mary Cathedral, Eastern Orthdodox. Historic ceiling frescos.

The Emperor, the Cardinal, the King, the bound and the Duke, detail from The Dance of Death, fresco from the 15th Century. Church of Saint-Germain in La Ferte-Loupiere, France.

San Fermo Maggiore: Lower Church, Fresco from 1100, Verona, Italy.

North aisle, frescoes in the east bay, St Lucia Church St, Church of St, St, St, Saint

Mural on wall of interior of Catedral de la Asuncion, Cuernavaca Cathedral, Cuernavaca, Morelos State, Mexico

Paintings depict scenes from the Bible, on the inner sanctuary maqdas of the monastery of Kebran Gabriel, on Lake Tana, Ethiopia, Africa

Murals depicting Ramayana and Mahabharat on ceiling in Chennakeshavaraya temple Adiyamankottai near Dharmapuri Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

South America, Peru, La Libertad, Trujillo, detail of a mural on the Moche Temple of the Moon showing a detail of what is thought be either the Moche creation myth or a cosmological map

Byzantine icon with Archangel Michael by unknown painter, tempera on panel, 13th century, Russia, Moscow, Cathedral of the Dormition in the Kremlin, 50x35, 8

Evangelists, by San Francesco Workshop, 14th Century, fresco. Italy: Veneto: Treviso: San Francesco church. Whole artwork. Vaults of the Main Chapel Evangelists light blue/azure throne

St. procolo church: frescoes. naturno. Italy. (Photo by: Bluered/REDA&CO/UIG)

Wise virgins, Sant Quirze Pedret, 11th century. Museum: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC), Barcelona, SPAIN.

Murals decorate the interior of the rock-hewn church of Yohannes Maequddi.

Mont Athos, Greece , 1918 - Greece - Fernand Cuville - (September) (French - Mont Athos , Grèce). Christianity, carpet , hanging, embroidery, decorative arts, supernatural, religious or votive inscription, saint, Religion, art, human beings, registration , information

The four kings and prophets. Christian painting. From Ethiopia, Abba Antonios Church. Painting on canvas.

France, Haute-Loire Department, Auvergne Region, La Chaise-Dieu, Abbatiale St-Robert abbey, religious tapestry

The Prophet Daniel, by Lotto Lorenzo, 1524, 16th Century, fresco. Italy: Lombardy: Bergamo: Trescore: Suardi Oratory. Detail. The Prophet Daniel red mantle/cloak yellow

North America, Mexico, Yucatan, Merida. Close up photos of the carvings in the Monumento a la Bandera, or monument to the flag.

Abruzzo, Aquila, Rocca di Cambio, S. Lucia, Abbey church, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

St Lucy and St Gotthard, by Artista trevigiano, 14th Century, fresco. Italy: Veneto: Treviso: San Pietro Apostolo Cathedral: cripta. Whole artwork. St Lucy St Gothard burgundy pastoral staff/crosier miter book

Colossal ten_armed Bodhisattva in Myinkaba Kubyaukgyi Temple, Bagan Pagan, Myanmar Burma, Asia

The Dura Europos Synagogue. 3rd century CE. Pharaoah and the infancy of Moses. The jewish Museum New York. New York. USA.

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, Bominaco, S. Pellegrino, Oratory, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Villagers or pilgrims sitting on the ghats at Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Myanmar. Shan State. Shwenyaung. Shwe Yan Pyae Monastery. Glass mosaics line the walls of the 19th century monastery.

South aisle, frescoes in the 4th bay, fragment of a donor painting with the Man of Sorrows Church of St., Church of St., St., St., Saint

Angel, fresco in the church of Saint Proculus, Naturns, Vinschgau Valley, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 9th century.

Italy, Lombardy, San Pietro al Monte abbey

Altar vor Mosoll Altar vor Mosoll LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 23160110

Princely group portrait. South wall of the nave. Date/Period: 1000. Author: UNKNOWN.

Fresco painting Ladder to Heaven, The Sucevita Monastery, Manastirea Sucevita, is located in Suceava County in the territory of Sucevita Municipality. The Romanian Orthodox church inside the monastery walls, dedicated to the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List since August 2010, Romania, Europe

Stories of the Virgin Mary of Annunciation, by Pietro de' Cerroni known as Pietro Cavallini, 1273 - 1308, 13th Century, mosaic. Italy, Lazio, Rome, Santa Maria in Trastevere Basilica, apse. Whole artwork. Annunciation Virgin Mary Madonna receiving the Good News Angel announcing the Good News throne Holy Spirit.

Catholic parish church of St. George, interior with wall paintings from the late Carolingian or Ottonian period (c. 900) (1000) with motifs from the life of Jesus' such as here the raising of the young man from Nain, Oberzell on the island of Reichenau, Lake Constance, district of Constance, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

pintura sobre la portada sur, iglesia de Sant Feliu,Girona,Catalunya, spain, europa.

Fresco painting (Elmali Kilise), apple church, Open Air Museum, Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey.

Egyptian Stele Irynefer: gods enthroned Osiris and Anubis facing Ahmose Nefertari and Amenhotep

Mosaics, Palestinian Map, St. George Orthodox Cristian Church, Madaba, Jordan.

Pictures on the dome of St Nicolas church in Demre, Turkey

Italy, Lazio, Rome, Esquiline Hill, Santa Prassede church, 9th Century mosaics in the apse.

18th century Murals frescos paintings in Adinath Jain temple at Vidur village near Tindivanam, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Turkey. Istanbul. St. Salvatore in Chora Church. among the most precious mosaics of Byzantium in the world. (Photo by: Federico Meneghetti/REDA&CO/UIG)

Early sixteenth century religious painting depicting the Day of Judgement called the Wenhaston Doom, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Legend of the Cross of Exaltation of the Cross, by Pietro di Benedetto dei Franceschi known as Piero della Francesca, 1452 - 1462, 15th Century, fresco. Italy, Tuscany, Arezzo, San Francesco church, Major Chapel, left wall, summit lunette. Detail. The tree branches on left, part of the Cross, upper faces of male, procession, headgears: headdresses.

Beheading of St Maurilius, by Karcher Giovanni, 1553, 16th Century, arazzo tessuto a Ferrara. Italy, Emilia Romagna, Ferrara, Cathedral Museum. Detail. Lamb of God banner Host: particle Agnus Dei Christ Redeemer garland leaves fruit wreaths: festoons fillets knots decoration dark: brown shades white creamy light blue: azure blue yellow.

Angkor Wat (1113-1150)Angkor, Cambodia

Norway, Oslo, Norsk Folk Museum (aka Norsk Folkemuseum). Historic wooden Stave Church from Gol, c.1200. Interior, traditional wall paintings from the 1652. (Large format sizes available)

Common people, God's people, detail from the Universal Judgement, 1072-1078, Byzantine-Campanian school frescoes, counterfacade of the Basilica of Sant'Angelo in Formis, Sant'Angelo in Formis, Campania. Italy, 11th century.

ROMANIA, NEAR SUCEAVA, VORONET MONASTERY (1488), SOUTHERN WALL

Romanesque painting depicting the Resurrection in Saint Peter's church, Brancion France.

The Kizil Caves (Qizil Ming Oy; Kizil Cave of a Thousand Buddhas) are 236 Buddhist rock-cut caves located near Kizil Township in Xinjiang. The site is located on the northern bank of the Muzat River 75 kilometres by road northwest of Kucha (Kuqa). This area was a commercial hub of the Silk Road. The caves are said to be the earliest major Buddhist cave complex in Xinjiang, with development occurring between the 3rd and 8th centuries. Although the site has been both damaged and looted, at least 1000 square metres of wall paintings mostly Jataka stories remain.

Frescoes, St Nickolas Church, 4th Century, Myra Acient City, Demre, Antalya, Turkey

Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica. Annunciation, 5th century (mosaic).

Ancient fresco on grounds of ancient pagoda at Bagan, Mandalay Region, Myanmar

Saint, fresco in the Santa Maria Novella Principal Dominican church in Florence, Italy Saint, fresco in the Santa Maria Novella Principal Dominican church in Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20813549

The Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves (Bozikeli Qian Fo Dong) are complex of Buddhist cave grottos dating from the 5th to the 9th centuries. There are 77 rock-cut caves at the site. Some ceilings are painted with a large Buddha surrounded by other figures, including Indians, Persians and Europeans. The quality of the murals vary with some being artistically naive while others are masterpieces of religious art.

Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham dates from the early 19th century. The temple was once the residence of the Sangkhalat, the supreme patriarch of Buddhism in Laos. The sim (ordination hall) is wooden, with a five-tiered roof in classic Luang Prabang style. The main attraction of the sim is the gilded walls of the front veranda, the designs of which recount scenes from the Ramayana and the Buddhas penultimate incarnation (Vessantara Jataka). For the first half of the 20th century the Phra Bang (Royal Buddha image in the Dispelling Fear mudra) was housed inside the sim, and it is still put on display here during the Lao New Year celebrations. Luang Prabang was formerly the capital of a kingdom of the same name. Until the communist takeover in 1975, it was the royal capital and seat of government of the Kingdom of Laos. The city is nowadays a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Crucifix and frescoes by Friedrich Pacher (ca 1440-1508) in the chapel of the Taufers Castle, Sand in Taufers, Tauferer Ahrntal, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 13th-16th century.

The Liao Dynasty, also known as the Khitan Empire, was a state that ruled over the regions of Manchuria, Mongolia, and parts of northern China proper. It was founded by the Yelü clan of the Khitan people in the same year as the Tang Dynasty collapsed (907), even though its first ruler, Yelü Abaoji (Yaruud Ambagai Khan), did not declare an era name until 916. Although it was originally known as the Empire of the Khitan, the Emperor Yelü Ruan officially adopted the name 'Liao' (formally Great Liao’) in 947. Another name for China in English, Cathay, is derived from the name Khitan. This is also the origin of the Russian word for China, Китай or Kitay, and that of several other East European languages. The Liao Empire was destroyed by the Jurchen of the Jin Dynasty in 1125. However, remnants of its people led by Yelü Dashi established the Xi (Western) Liao Dynasty 1125-1220, also known as Kara-Khitan Khanate, which extended its influence over Central Asia into Persia and survived until t

St. Luke protector of doctors Fresco of Samn Luca,St. Luke protector of doctors Copyright: xZoonar.com/MassimoxLamax 10513150

Cruz Procesional, 1415. Iglesia parroquial de El Pobo, Teruel.

The Ascension of Christ by Ancient Russian frescos / Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Snetogorsky Monastery, Pskov / 1313 / Russia, Pskov School / Fresco / Bible / Old Russian Art

Painted Cross, by Unknown artist, 12th Century, tempera on panel. Italy: Lazio: Latina: Fondi: San Pietro Apostolo church. Detail. Face St John the Evangelist tondo halo/aureole

Vallo di Nera (Italia, Umbria, Valnerina - provincia di Perugia), chiesa di Santa Maria. Ciclo di affreschi del XIV-XV secolo. Santa Caterina e Santa Barbara

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