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Historical Religious Frescoes

Rich frescoes portraying biblical scenes, featuring vibrant colors and intricate storytelling, revealing artistic styles from different historical periods.

St Philip the Apostle and St James the Lesser, detail, fresco, Parri di Spinello, Basilica of San Domenico, Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Angels arguing, detail from the Madonna of the Rose Garden, 1420-1435, attributed to Stefano da Verona (ca 1374-1438) or Michelino da Besozzo (active late 14th and early 15th century), tempera on panel.

Slovenia: 15th century fresco by John of Kastav (Johannes de Castua) showing a scene from Christ's Passion above the Danse Macabre (Dance of Death), Holy Trinity Church, Hrastovlje, Rizana Valley

Painted roof in St. Michael's church, Hildesheim, also called Michaeliskirche, Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage

The Annunciation, by Guido di Pietro (Piero) known as Beato Angelico, 1438 - 1446, 15th Century, fresco. Italy, Tuscany, Florence, San Marco Convent, cell 3. Detail. Virgin's hands Madonna announcing holding a book.

Bulgaria - Rila National Park. Monastery of Saint John of Rila (rebuilt 1816-1847, UNESCO World Heritage List, 1983). Main church of 'Virgin Mary's Nativity'. Fresco detail

Jesus Baptism / Illumination / 1490

Saint Barbara caught on the run Saint Barbara caught on the run Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtleticx 2148238

William Blake, 1757-1827, British, Christ Giving Sight to Bartimaeus, 1799 to 1800. Tempera with pen and black ink on canvas.

The Nativity 12th Century Stained Glass Chartres Cathedral, France

CAPILLA CAPARROSO - RELIEVE DE LA PIEDAD - SIGLO XVI - MANIERISMO ESPAÑOL. Author: JUAN DE ANCHIETA O JUAN DE ANCHETA (C. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Pamplona. NAVARRA. SPAIN. VIRGIN MARY. JESUS MUERTO-CRISTO MUERTO-JESUCRISTO MUERTO.

Domenico Veneziano (Italian, c. 1410-1461), Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, c. 1445-1450, tempera on panel

Mosaic of Christ´s death at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Mont Athos, Greece , 1918 - Greece - Fernand Cuville - (September) (French - Mont Athos , Grèce). Christianity, carpet , hanging, embroidery, monastery, decorative arts, object of worship, saint, Religion , Art

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, Paganica, Santuario della Madonna d'Appari, I, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

CRISTO ATADO A LA COLUMNA Y LA PIEDAD - SARGA - 84X125 CMS. Author: MAESTRO DE HORCAJO. Location: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. Bilbao. Biscay. SPAIN. JESUS. VIRGIN MARY. CRISTO MUERTO. ECCE HOMO.

The Saint-Pierre church of Moutiers-en-Puisaye. Wall painting. Biblical scene, 12 th century. Baptism of Christ. Saint John the Baptist. The baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist. France.

Skeleton praying, detail from the marble floor, Cornaro Chapel,Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome. Italy, 17th century.

Close-up of a mural of Jesus Christ by Giunta Pisano, St. Dominic Church, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy

alcohol offer, Altarpiece of Saint Nicholas, Saint Anthony and Saint Clare, 14th century, tempera on panel, attributed to Pere Marçol, church of Saint Nicolas of Portopi, Museu de Mallorca, Palma, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Monks working in the garden, from The Thebaid, describing communal life at the monastery near Thebes, Egypt, previously attributed to Starnina, c. 1420, detail

The Assassination and Funeral of Julius Caesar 1455-1460 Italy. Tempera on panel, now transferred to canvas mounted on pressed hardboard and cradled . Workshop of Apollonio di Giovanni

Detail of mosaic which depicts the burial of Jesus Christ, Holy Sepulchre Church, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Maximilian I (1459-1519). Holy Roman Emperor (1443-1519). Maximilian child learning black magic. Copy of a woodcut. Engraving Weisskuning History. History Universal, 1885. Colored.

Italy, Campania, Piedimonte Matese, San Biagio Church fresco

Emilian 16th Century, The Entombment, early 16th century The Entombment

Peter denies knowing Jesus for the third time. Then, he remembers Jesus had already told that before the cock crows he would have betrayed three times. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy.

Man of Sorrows. Culture: South German. Dimensions: 3 3/8 x 2 9/16 x 13/32 in. (8.6 x 6.5 x 1.0 cm). Date: ca. 1500.Christ, portrayed as at once dead and alive, is supported by Mary, his mother, and the apostle John. The flanking figures, witnesses to the Crucifixion, offer a model to emulate, during meditation and reflection on Christ's suffering. The composition of this relief is based on an engraving by Martin Schongauer, one of the most influential artists of the fifteenth century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

An angel appearing to Abraham and his son, 19th century stained glass in St. John´s Anglican church, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Last Judgment, by Unknown artist, 14th Century, fresco. Italy: Lombardy: Lodi: Vergine Assunta Basilica Cathedral: Duomo. Detail of the legions of the damned souls red blue

Creation of EVA; Credo in Deum Patrem Omnipotent Createm Celi et Terrae; Apostolic creed. Illustration of the first belief item (I believe in God, the Almighty Father, Creator of heaven and earth) from the apostolic creed. God The Father creates Eve from Adams Rib. On the right in the background, God bends the Father about Adam and blows him life into it. Links the creation of the world and of the animals. Above the performance a reference to the Bible text in ex. 20:11. Under the show two Bible texts and the first belief item from the apostolic creed in Latin. This print is part of an album.

Archangel Michael by Master of Santa Verdiana, Tempera on panel, circa 1390, active between 1380 and 1420, Usa, Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, 38,2x32,4

The Dying Christ and the Virgin, 15th-16th century fresco in the Baptistery of St John of the Church of Santa Maria Extra Moenia, Antrodoco. Italy, 15th-16th century.

Wall paintings, historical of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, church of the archangel St. Michael, fifteenth-16th century built entirely with wood, Binarowa, Malopodska, Little Polish Voivodeship, Carpathians, Poland, Europe

Baptism of the Lord, fresco on the facade of St Nicholas Cathedral in Ljubljana, Slovenia Baptism of the Lord, fresco on the facade of St Nicholas Cathedral in Ljubljana, Slovenia Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 21022499

St. andrew duomo inside: fresco, venzone, Italy

Italy - Emilia Romagna - Ravenna - Arian Baptistery - Cupula - Baptism of Christ - Detail of Mosaic - Early 6th century

The devil taking a child, 14th century

SAN SEBASTIAN - SIGLO XVI - RENACIMIENTO PORTUGUES. Author: PEREIRA VASCO. Location: IGLESIA DE SANTA MARIA DE LA O. SANLUCAR DE BARRAMEDA. Cadiz. SPAIN.

Netherlands, Master of Gouda (II), Christ and his disciples in the house of the Pharisee refusing the ritual washing of the hands, verso middle - stamped, Christ at table with five disciples. Pharisee carries a water jug., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, engravings, height 96 mm, width 130 mm, print maker, engraving maker, 1482 - 1484, fourth quarter 15th century, paper, papier, woodcut, hand colouring

Martyrdom and Episodes of the Life of Saints Valerian and Tiburtius, by Aspertini Amico, 16th Century, fresco. Italy, Emilia Romagna, Bologna, San Giacomo Maggiore Church, Santa Cecilia Oratory. Detail of citadels in the background. Knight: rider insignia standard: banner: flag.

A tapestry in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo, with the Annunciation of Mary

Stained Glass Window.

Angel summoning the shepherds of the Nativity. From 16th century Book of Hours. Angel, messenger of God, on cloud from which come shafts of holy light,appears to amazed shepherds, one of whom is playing bagpipes.

Saint Jerome 18th century Spanish Colonial. Saint Jerome 232211

Temptation of Christ by the Devil, Romanesque painted ceiling, c. 1150, Grisons canton, Switzerland, detail

Saint Anthony Abbot Tormented byDemons. Artist: Sano di Pietro, Italian, Siena, 1405-1481

Episodes from the Life and Passion of Christ. Dated 16th Century

Italy - Veneto Region - Treviso. Episcopal Seminary (former Convent of St. Niccolò), Dominican Chapterhouse. Oersonalities of the Dominican Order by Tommaso da Modena (1326-1379). Fresco detail depicting Cardinal Ugo di Billon (right) blowing on the pencil he has just sharpened (1352)

Tinh Xa Ngoc Chau pagoda. Life of Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama. The Buddha overcoming a cruel man, Angulimala who cut off the right index finger of passing travellers. Chau Doc. Vietnam.

THOMAS of CantimprŽ (1201-1276). Codex Granatensis: De natura rerum. 15th c. Illustration about the Cinnamon tree. Edition of Granada of the original of the 13th C. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. ANDALUSIA. Granada. Granada University Library.

Resurrection of the Dead / Illumination

William Blake, Joseph of Arimathea Preaching to the Britons, c 1794 1796 Joseph of Arimathea Preaching to the Britons

Altarpiece from Verdú, 1432 - 1434. Resurrection of Jesus. Detail of soldiers. Lleida school. Tempera on wood. 159 x 93 cm (12 panels). From the high altarpiece of the parish church of Santa Maria in Verdú (Urgell). Museu Episcopal de Vic. Author: JAUME FERRER II (S. XV).

The ancestors freed from limbo, in Catholic theology limbo refers to a place where souls are found who, through no fault of their own, are excluded from heaven and the eternal contemplation of God, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the period.

'The Burial of the Count of Orgaz' (detail), 1587, Oil on canvas. Author: EL GRECO. Location: IGLESIA DE SANTO TOME. Toledo. SPAIN. JESUS. SAN ESTEBAN MARTIR.

The Nativity, by Master of the Annunciation, 14th Century, fresco. Italy: Veneto: Verona: San Fermo church: Basilica Inferiore. Whole artwork. Fragmentary state of preservation the Virgin Mary Madonna holding the Child/Infant Jesus/Christ Child/Baby Jesus/Child Jesus in her harms angel

St Barbara, 4th century Christian virgin martyr. Her symbol of a tower, top right. Anonymous 19th century painting.

Apparition of the Madonna with child to a man whose calash is in a river, ex voto, Campione d'Italia, Lombardy, Italy.

Europe, Ireland, Cashel. Rock of Cashel, historic spot where St. Patrick preached. Original medieval tapestry. THIS IMAGE RESTRICTED - Not available to U.S. land tour travel operators.

The Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist in a landscape. Gouache.

Saint Roch by German master, oil on wood, Russia, Khabarovsk, Far Eastern Art Museum, Late 15th cen. 65x78

The Second Angel with the Trumpet and the Agitation of the Sea from Apocalypse: Descent of the Holy Ghost Giusto di Giovanni Menabuoi (op. 1363-1393/ Italian) Fresco Baptistry of the Cathedral, Padua

Beam of the Passion, 1192-1220, Tempera on wood. Museum: MUSEU NACIONAL D'ART DE CATALUNYA.

Roundel with Christ and Zacchaeus. Culture: North Netherlandish. Dimensions: Overall Diam.: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm). Date: 1500-1510. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

St Thomas, detail from The Assumption of the Virgin, by Girolamo di Benvenuto (1470-1524).

The Baptism of Christ by Patinir, Joachim (ca. 1480-1524) / Art History Museum, Vienne / ca 1515 / The Netherlands / Oil on wood / Bible / 59,7x76,3

St Eustachio and deer, detail from the Stories of St George, St Paul, St Eustace and St Secunda, 15th century, by an unknown artiSt Krakow Cathedral, Poland.

Resurrection ca. 1605-10 El Greco (1541-1614/Greek) Oil on canvas Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Baptism in Jordan; Makowski, Tadeusz (1882-1932); around 1909 (1909-00-00-1909-00-00);Baptism in Jordan (Bible), contemporary painting, biblical scenes, purchase (provenance)

Sacra di San Michele: Fresco of the . Lucia. Avigliana. Piedmont. Italy. Europe

Christ Taken Down from Cross Mary Joseph of Arimathea Mosaic Saint George's Greek Orthodox Church, Madaba, Jordan. Church was created in the late 1800's and houses many famous mosaics

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

Painting titled 'Our Lady Adoring the Infant Jesus Asleep on a Cross' by William Blake (1757-1827) an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Dated 18th Century

The vocation of Isaiah. Engraving. Colored.

Maestro de la Seu d'Urgell (activo el último tercio del siglo XV). San Jerónimo Penitente, h.1495. Detalle. Procede de la Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María (Puigcerdà, Girona provincia). Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña. Barcelona. Cataluña. España.

Azulejos on the walls of Capela Das Almas or Chapel of Souls. The death of Saint Francis of Assisi. Porto. Portugal.

Russian icon with Basil the Blessed by anonymous painter, Tempera on panel, 16th century, Russia, Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, 31,5x27

CARPINTEROS DE ARMAR. TECHUMBRE DE LA CATEDRAL DE TERUEL. TEMPLE SOBRE TABLA. SIGLO XIV. Location: CATEDRAL. TERUEL. SPAIN.

Adam and Eve. Saint-Antoine-le-Grand orthodox church

Retablo de San Gregorio, fragmento, anonimo, siglo XVI, temple sobre tabla, Museo Diocesano, catedral de la Virgen de las Nieves, catedral de Ibiza, siglo XIII, Ibiza, balearic islands, Spain, Europe

Slovenia - Hrastovlje. Trinity Church. 'Dance of death. Death, queen and cardinal'. Fresco by Janez of Kastav, detail (1490)

St. Matthew Commissioned by Ebbo, Archbishop of Reims 9th Century French School Vellum Bibliotheque Municipale, Epernay, France

Saint Paul melkite (Greek catholic) cathedral, Harissa, Lebanon. Mosaic detail

Fresco depicting St. Catherine becoming a martyr. Saint Catherine of Alexandria, also known as, Saint Catherine of the Wheel, was martyred in the early 4th Century.

Baptism in the Jordan River. Makowski, Tadeusz (1882-1932), painter

Colorful carving on a wooden tombstone in the Merry Cemetery, Sapanta, Maramures, Romania

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene ( Noli Me Tangere ) Made 1485-1500 Southern Netherlands. This small-scale devotional tapestry depicts the Noli me tangere theme Jesus appearing to Mary Magdalene after his resurrection and counseling her ìTouch me not.î Textiles featuring this motif were popular during the 15th and 16th centuries with wealthy patrons throughout Western Europe. Household inventories suggest that images of Mary Magdalene held a special appeal for noblewomen.. Wool, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, slit tapestry weave with some 2 2 interlacing in alternate alignment of some gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk wefts .

Saint Jokab in Kastelaz, a little church in south Tyrol near Merano and Tramin. Siren or Mermaid, the Romanic symbol for female sexuality. The frescos are of international importance and date back to Romanic/ gothic times. South Tyrol, Italy.

Libro de Horas de Luis de Orleans: El bautismo de Cristo V88. Museum: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE RUSIA SAN PETERS RUSIA.

Demons martyring sinners Altarpiece of San Gregorio, anonymous, 16th century, tempera on panel, Diocesan Museum, Cathedral of the Virgen de las Nieves, 13th century, Ibiza, Spain.

Portrait of the Dominican friar, Vincent de Beauvais, shown writing in his private study. In the background is a magnifying glass. Dated 15th Century

Nativity, workshop of Seo D'Urgell, 14th century, altarpiece from Bellver de Cerdanya, painting on wood. Catalan Gothic art.

Italy - Tuscany Region - Siena. Basilica of Saint Domenico. Saint Catherine Chapel. Giovanni Antonio Bazzi known as Sodoma (1477-1549). Fresco depicting the Execution of Nicholas Tuldo (Niccolo' di Tuldo), detail of footwear.

Christian saved by the Cross, from Descent into Limbo

The Tacuinum (sometimes Taccuinum) Sanitatis is a medieval handbook on health and wellbeing, based on the Taqwim al-sihha ('Maintenance of Health'), an eleventh-century Arab medical treatise by Ibn Butlan of Baghdad. Ibn Butln was a Christian physician born in Baghdad and who died in 1068. He sets forth the six elements necessary to maintain daily health: food and drink, air and the environment, activity and rest, sleep and wakefulness, secretions and excretions of humours, changes or states of mind (happiness, anger, shame, etc). According to Ibn Butln, illnesses are the result of changes in the balance of some of these elements, therefore he recommended a life in harmony with nature in order to maintain or recover one’s health. Ibn Butln also teaches us to enjoy each season of the year, the consequences of each type of climate, wind and snow. He points out the importance of spiritual wellbeing and mentions, for example, the benefits of listening to music, dancing or ha

Schöpfung und Adam und Eva Creation and Adam and Eve, Altarpiece by Pere Mates, 16th century, painting on wood, parish church of Seguero, La Garrotxa, Girona art museum, Girona, Catalonia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22282882

Painted buffalo hide symbol records the time in history during the winter when soldiers attached an Arikara village. The structure indicates a permanent village. the hat stands for the white man.

Holy Family by William Holman Hunt, Oil on canvas, 1883-1884, 1827-1910, Great Britain, London, Tate Britain, 156,2x254

Disputa, from the Stanza della Segnatura - 1509 - fresco. Author: RAFAEL SANZIO O RAFAEL DE URBINO (1483-1520). Location: MUSEOS VATICANOS-ESTANCIA DEL SELLO. VATICANO. JESUS. EVE. FRA ANGELICO. Adam. APOSTLE PETER. DAVID REY SIGLO XI AC. VIRGIN MARY. ESPIRITU SANTO. SAN JUAN EVANGELISTA Y APOSTOL. DIOS PADRE. SAN GREGORIO MAGNO. Trinidad. SAN LORENZO. DIOS. SAINT AMBROSE. DIOS HIJO. SIXTO IV PAPA. SAN JERONIMO (347-420). Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). SAN AGUSTIN (354-430). JUDAS ISCARIOTE (3 ac-30 dc). SAN JUAN BAUTISTA (8 AC / 27 DC).

Mural 'The Immigrant Mother Raises Her Sons for Industry' by famed Croatian artist Maxo Vanka in sanctuary of the St. Nicholas Croatian Church in Millvale outside Pittsburgh PA.

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