Medieval Religious Frescoes

Colorful medieval frescoes depicting biblical scenes and saints, showcasing rich historical narratives and artistic styles from churches in Europe.

Mural in Svetitskhoveli Church, Historical Monuments of Mtskheta, Georgia

Europe, Turkey, Cappadocia, Ihlara gorge

DETALLE DEL ABSIDE DE LA IGLESIA DE SANTA MARIA DE TARRASA - SIGLO XIII - REPRESENTANDO EL MARTIRIO DE SANTO TOMAS DE CANTERBURY (BECKET). Author: MAESTRO DE ESPINOSELVAS. Location: MARIENKIRCHE. Terrassa. Barcelona. SPAIN. TOMAS BECKET-SANTO TOMAS DE CANTERBURY (1118-1170).

Medieval frescoes church of Saint Mary, Kempley, Gloucestershire, England, UK, apostles on chancel wall

Mural in Svetitskhoveli Church, Historical Monuments of Mtskheta, Georgia

Anonymous / 'The Evangelists, Saint Matthew and Saint Luke. The Hermitage of the Vera Cruz de Maderuelo'. XII century. Fresco painting on mural transferred to canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

The Virgin adored by Knights, by Apulian artist, 1310, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Puglia, Brindisi, Santa Maria del Casale Church. Full view. Virgin Mary Madonna Baby Jesus adoration group knights horses shields flags helmets armour red white black.

Seelen im Fegefeuer souls in purgatory, 12th century, Church of Santa María de Taüll, Boí Valley, MNAC, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 23146488

Fresco on the wall of rock church in Guzelurt in Cappadocia, Turkey

BYZANTINE ART. REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA. Frescoes in Lekuresi Castle. Saranda.

France, Nouvelle Aquitaine, Vienne department, Jouhet (Saint Savin area) medieval chapel

ARTE BIZANTINO. ITALIA. IGLESIA ABACIAL DE NOVALESA. Fresco del altar mayor, donde se representa a DOS MONJES BENEDICTINOS. Abadía Benedictina de Novalesa. Provincia de Turín. Italia.

Ascension de Cristo.Iglesia Agaçalti, sigles IX-XI.Valle de Ihlara. Aksaray.Capadocia.Anatolia central.Turquia. Asia.

Coronation of the Virgin of the Maestro di Selva in the church of Santa Maria in Selva in Locarno Coronation of the Virgin of the Maestro di Selva in the church of Santa Maria in Selva in Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland, Europe

Mural of the Crucifixion, 14th century, from the church of Sant Miquel de Cardona. Museum: Museu Diocesà i Comarcal de Solsona.

France, Midi-Pyrenees, Gers (32) Nogaro, Saint Nicolas collegial church, painting from 11th century

Lower wall paintings of the apse of the church of Santa María de Terrassa, representing three scenes, on the left the arrest of Santo Tomás, in the center, the martírio del Santo and on the right the glorification of Santo Tomás, Xth century, Terrassa , Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Slovenia: Representation of one of the months of the year, found on the north and south side arches. 15th century fresco (representing one of the months of the year) by John of Kastav (Johannes de Castua), Holy Trinity Church, Hrastovlje, Rizana Valley

Ruler with jaguar skin sitting in a canoe and wearing a two-headed snake headdress Ruler with jaguar skin sitting in a canoe and wearing a two-headed snake headdress, polychrome vase, late classic, Santa María Nebaj, Maya Anthropology Museum, El Quiché Department, Guatemala Copyright: xZoonar.com/ToloxBalaguerx 22072821

caldera of Pedro Botero caldera of Pedro Botero, Gothic paintings, Church of San Martín de Tours, Gazeo, Álava, Spain, Europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21362557

Chora Church. Medieval Byzantine Greek Orthodox church. Mosaics. Cycle of the Life of the Virgin. Mosaic of the Birth of Mary. Inner Narthex. 14th century. Istanbul, Turkey.

Scenes of Childhood of Christ, by Master of Christ's Childhood of Bominaco, 13th Century, Unknow. Italy, Abruzzo, Bominaco, L'Aquila, San Pellegrino Oratory. Whole artwork. Nativity Annunciation to the shepherds upper register Mary Madonna Virgin Christ Infant Jesus: Christ Child: Baby Jesus: Child Jesus Joseph servant tub: tank lavender cradle manger: crib angels halo: aureole nimbus hil.

crossing beam, .abbot with episcopal crutch and miter on head and two assistants holding liturgical cloth twelfth century, monastery of Sant Miquel de Cruïlles, Girona art museum, Catalonia, Spain.

North Cove Medieval religious wall paintings of Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, church of Saint Botolph, North Cove, Suffolk, England, UK

VERGILIUS VATICANUS - LA ENEIDA - MINIATURA - HACIA EL AÑO 400 - FOL 73V. Author: Virgil. Location: BIBLIOTECA APOSTOLICA-COLECCION. VATICANO.

CRISTO-FRONTAL DEL ALTAR DE BENAVENT DE LA CONCHA (LERIDA)ESTUCO POLICROMADO XIII-XIV. Location: MUSEU NACIONAL D'ART CATALUNYA. Barcelona. SPAIN. CRISTO EN MAJESTAD. CRISTO TODOPODEROSO.

Church of San Juan Church of San Juan, frescoes.Cavusin.Cappadocia.Anatolia.Turkey. Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21463254

Turkey, Central Anatolia, Cappadocia, Aksaray province, Ihlara valley, Ala kilise church to Belisirma

France, Bourgogne Franche Comte region (Burgundy), Yonne department, Auxerre, Saint Etienne cathedral

Interior of a wooden church painted by Master Amund in 1494, at Sodra Rada, south east Varmland, Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe

Guimet Museum. Purusha, Nepal 1806. Purusha is a complex term with diverse meanings. Paris. France.

Vrishaketu and His New Bride Travel to Hastinapura, Led by Bhima, Scene from the Story of Babhruvahana, Folio from a Mahabharata (recto); Marriage of Vrishaketu and the Daughter of King Yavanatha, Scene from the Story of Babhruvahana, Folio from a Mahabha

Italy S-Tyrol Naturns St Prokulus Angel left of the choir arch closer 10729, St., Sankt, Saint

Crusader at Areines. Loir-et-Cher. FRANCE.

The ceiling panels preserved from a Norwegian Church dating to 1200 AD. The washing of feet is shown

Adoration of the Magi, Agaçalti Church, 9th-11th centuries, Ihlara Valley, Aksaray, Cappadocia, Central Anatolia, Turkey, Asia.

Rows of the damned in chains and lost souls tormented by demons, detail from Hell, fresco on the counterfacade, church of San Michele al Pozzo Bianco (St Michael by the White Well), Bergamo, Lombardy. Italy, 12th-13th century.

Seven-branched Menorah being lit by Aaron, who stands on a high pedestal. Full-page miniature at the end of a Pentateuch. Menorah is the Hebrew word for lamp, and specifically refers to the seven-branched candelabrum that was used in the ancient Temple in Jerusalem

Romanesque Art. Spain. 12th century. Church of St. Mary (Santa Maria). Martyrdom of English Archbishop Thomas Becket, who died in 1170. Mural painting in the apse. Tarrasa. Catalonia.

A fine early Coptic wall mural depicting Archangel Michael, which came from the ancient Christian monastery of Faras, founded in 707AD. A team of Polish experts saved the murals from this monastery before the site was submerged by Lake Nasser after the completion of Egypt's Aswan High Dam. A selection of these murals now hangs in Sudan's National Museum in Khartoum.

SUCEVITA, MOLDOVIA/ROMANIA - SEPTEMBER 18 : Exterior view of the Monastery in Sucevita in Moldovia Romania on September 18, 2018

Campaigning in southern Iraq. Assyrian about 640-620BC. From Nineveh. Assyrian soldiers lead prisoners through a landscape of date-palms, with a river beyond. At the far end heads are counted and the booty piled in front of two clerks recording the details in a book and on a scroll.

Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica. Historic biblical mosaic with King Herod.

MILAGRO PANES Y PECES - MOSAICO BIZANTINO - SIGLO XIV. Location: MEZQUITA KARIYE / IGLESIA DE SAN SALVADOR IN CHORA. ISTANBUL. TURQUIA. JESUS.

The ceiling panels preserved from a Norwegian Church dating to 1200 AD. The last supper is shown

Cockroach on a damaged mural in a temple, Buddha, Buddhism, religion, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia

San Jorge y el dragon, siglo XVIII, museo de los iconos, castillo Real, Sanok, voivodato de subcarpacia,,Polonia, eastern europe.

Murals fresco paintings in Virupaksha temple celing in Hampi, Karnataka, South India, India, Asia. UNESCO World Heritage Site, Asia

Byzantine fresco of the church of Saint Nicolas. Mystras, Sparta, the Peloponnese, Greece. A UNESCO World Heritage Site

Saint Theodor of the Romans riding a horse kills the Muslim enemies of the Christians, fresco in the rock church Yohannes Maequddi, Gheralta region, Tigray, Ethiopia, Africa

Natural vegetable oil color painting on Sri Veerabhadra Swamy Temple Mandapa, Lepakshi, Andhra Pradesh, India Natural vegetable oil color painting on Sri Veerabhadra Swamy Temple Mandapa, Lepakshi, Andhra Pradesh, India Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 21880983

Entrada a los infiernos de los condenados, pinturas góticas, Iglesia de San Martín de Tours, Gazeo, í. lava, Spain, Europe.

Frescos at 14 Century Visoki Decani Monastery. - May not be used in defamation towards Serbian people, country, past or present

Falconara Marittima, località Castelferretti (Italia, Marche - provincia di Ancona), chiesa di Santa Maria della Misericordia. Parete di fondo, Madonna della Misericordia (dettaglio), affreschi metà del XV secolo (1450-55), Maestro di Castelferretti (Giambono di Corrado da Ragusa)

Protestant St Martin's Church, choir fresco: St Jerome with bull, St, Saint, Saint

Bakhmatov, Ivan Yakovlevich (active Early 18th cen.) Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign, Novgorod Painting Bible Fresco in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign, Novgorod

The Mogao Caves, or Mogao Grottoes (Chinese: mogao ku) (also known as the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas and Dunhuang Caves) form a system of 492 temples 25 km (15.5 miles) southeast of the center of Dunhuang, an oasis strategically located at a religious and cultural crossroads on the Silk Road, in Gansu province, China. The caves contain some of the finest examples of Buddhist art spanning a period of 1,000 years. The first caves were dugin around 366 CE as places of Buddhist meditation and worship. The Mogao Caves are the best known of the Chinese Buddhist grottoes and, along with Longmen Grottoes and Yungang Grottoes, are one of the three famous ancient sculptural sites of China.

Wooden box used in an Egyptian tomb, as container for the internal organs during the Ptolemaic Period (302-30 BC). Richly decorated with religious motifs with several amulets between them. (wedjat-eyes,the dyed pillar, the Isis knot, the symbol of Ufe the ankh or the uas sceptre).

Bulgaria, Central Mountains, Kazanlak, interior of the replica Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak, original built in the 4th century BC

The Last Judgement, hell, 15th century fresco, 'the poor man's Bible ', Church of the Trinity, Piedmont

In September 2018, Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities, announced the discovery of an 18th dynasty tomb, in Draa Abul-Naga, a burial site for noblemen on the left bank of the Nile, near the Valley of the Kings. the tomb contains mummies believed to be a goldsmith called Amenemhat, who lived sometime between 1550 B.C. to 1292 B.C. The burial chamber has a niche at one end, which holds a statue of Amenemhat who sits on a chair next to his wife, Amenhotep. The Eighteenth Dynasty dates back to the 13th century BC, a period noted for some of the most well known Pharaohs, including Tutankhamen and Ramses II. The chamber has two burial shafts. In one, archaeologists found sarcophagi and remains dating from the later 21st and 22nd Dynasties. Those included the remains of a woman and her two grown children. She showed signs of bacterial bone disease and cavities. The other shaft contains funerary masks and statues depicting the goldsmith's family. The tomb hoses deteriorated mummies with their skul

The Degaldoruwa Buddhist temple is a cave temple and was built originally in 1771 CE by King Kirti Sri Rajasinha (1747 - 1782), a member of the Madurai royal family. The beautiful frescoes, painted by the samanera (unordained monk) Devaragamapola Silvatenna in 1771-72, capture 18th century Kandyan life with amazing detail and vivaciousness. Some paintings depict the king and the royal family. The artist-monk started a trend, and the Dambulla Caves were subsequently redecorated in the same style as were other temples. Kandy is Sri Lanka's second biggest city with a population of around 170,000 and is the cultural centre of the whole island. For about two centuries (until 1815) it was the capital of Sri Lanka.

Three Bodhisattvas, Xinfang County, Hebei, 1400s, British museum, London, England, Great Britain.

France, Poitou-Charentes, Vienne (86), Saint Savin Abbey Church (Unesco World Heritage)

Detail Of The Romanesque Mural Series Depicting The Book Of Genesis, Painted On The Ceiling Of The Central Nave Of The Abbey Church Of Saint-Savin Sur...

Scene from the tomb of the painted basket of Lo-lang, Saikyozuka, Pyongyang, Korea. Goguryeo or Koguryo was an ancient Korean kingdom located in present day northern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula, southern Manchuria, and southern Russian Maritime province. Along with Baekje and Silla, Goguryeo was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Goguryeo was an active participant in the power struggle for control of the Korean peninsula as well as associated with the foreign affairs of neighboring polities in China and Japan. The Samguk Sagi, a 12th century CE Goryeo text, indicates that Goguryeo was founded in 37 BC by Jumong, a prince from Buyeo, although there is archaeological and textual evidence that suggests Goguryeo culture was in existence since the 2nd century BCE around the fall of Gojoseon, an earlier kingdom that also occupied southern Manchuria and northern Korea. Goguryeo was a major dynasty in Northeast Asia, until it was defeated by a Silla-Tang alliance in 668 CE. Afte

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

Angkor Wat was built for King Suryavarman II (ruled 1113-50) in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city. As the best-preserved temple at the Angkor site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre since its foundation - first Hindu, dedicated to the god Vishnu, then Buddhist. It is the world's largest religious building. The temple is at the top of the high classical style of Khmer architecture. It has become a symbol of Cambodia, appearing on its national flag, and it is the country's prime attraction for visitors. Angkor Wat combines two basic plans of Khmer temple architecture: the temple mountain and the later galleried temple, based on early South Indian Hindu architecture. It is designed to represent Mount Meru, home of the devas in Hindu mythology: within a moat and an outer wall 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) long are three rectangular galleries, each raised above the next. At the centre of the temple stands a quincunx of towers.

The Kushan Empire originally formed in the early first century CE under Prince Kujula Kadphises in ancient Bactria on either side of the Oxus River in what is now northern Afghanistan, and southern Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. During the first and early second centuries CE, the Kushans expanded rapidly across the northern part of the Indian subcontinent at least as far as Saketa and Sarnath near Varanasi (Benares) where inscriptions have been found dated to the first few years of the era of the most famous Kushan ruler, Kanishka, which apparently began about 127 CE. The Kushan kings were a branch of the Yuezhi confederation (possibly intermarried with local families) and they had diplomatic contacts with Rome, Persia and Han China. The empire declined from the third century and fell to the Sassanid and Gupta empires.

surveying the fields for Nebamun surveying the fields for Nebamun, Temple of Amun, Thebes, British museum, London, England, Great Britain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21633138

ARTE MINOICO. GRECIA. SARCOFAGO DE AYIA TRIADA. Sarcófago de piedra decorado con pinturas que representan una ceremonia fúnebre en sus cuatro lados. Detalle de un lateral con procesión de tres sacerdotes portando figuras de animales y un barco para ofrecer al difunto. PERIODO DE LOS NUEVOS PALACIOS (1600-1380 a. C.). Museo Arqueológico de Heraklio. CRETA.

Entrance to the hells of the damned Entrance to the hells of the damned, Gothic paintings, Church of San Martín de Tours, Gazeo, Álava, Spain, Europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21313966

Church of San Giovanni a Porta Latina, by Unknown, 5th Century, Unknow. Italy, Lazio, Rome, San Giovanni a Porta Latina Church. Detail. Fresco cycle stories from Old Testament and New Testament Adam and Eve temptation apple-tree apple serpent snake Devil Temptor nude naked Jesus the Good Shepherd colors wall nave decoration.

Iglesia Yilanli ,siglo IX, ( Iglesia de la serpiente).Valle de Ihlara.Capadocia.Anatolia central.Turquia. Asia.

Ancient Christian fresco depicting expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden in the 4th Century cave monastery of Sumela, The Holy Virgin in the mountains behind Trabzon, Turkey on the southern coast of the Black Sea.

Russia, Novgorod Oblast, Veliky Novgorod, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign, interior frescoes

Reneni fue Nomarca de la ciudad de Nejeb durante el reinado de Amenhotep I y también Supervisor de los sacerdotes de la diosa Nejbet.

Jesus Baptism Site Mosaic John Baptist Bethany Beyond Jordan. Actual baptism site of Jesus. Jordan River Moved and Ruins are of Byzantine Churches marking spot of baptism. Rediscovered late 1990's and early 2000.

Medieval vault painting in the choir, St John the Evangelist as an eagle, St, Saint, Saint

Ancient Egyptian plaque - playing instruments.

Turkey, Trabzon. Sumela Monastery (aka St. Maria, Mount Mela or Black Virgin). Inside historic 12th century monastery. Ceiling covered with 18th century frescoes.

Detail of mural or fresco, Kubiaukgyi Gubyaukgyi Buddhist temple, Bagan Pagan, Myanmar Burma, Asia

St. Jakob in Kastelaz with its famous Romanesque frescoes, Tramin, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Wat Buak Khrok Luang, located in Ban Buak Khrok Luang Moo 1, Chiang Mai - Sankamphaeng Road, Chiang Mai, is a small and typically northern Thai Buddhist temple. It is believed to have been founded in the 15th century during the time of the independent Lan Na Kingdom (1292-1558), and was extensively restored during the reign of Chao Kaew Naowarat (r.1911-1939), the last King of Chiang Mai. The temple is chiefly noteworthy for its main viharn, which is purely Lan Na in inspiration, with a four-tiered roof and elegant naga balustrade entrance. The most remarkable aspect of the viharn is its extensive mural paintings, dating from around 1835 during the reign of Chao Phuttawong (r.1826-1846), the fourth ruler of the Chiang Mai Thipchang Dynasty. The murals, which are northern Thai in style with clear elements of Shan State and Konbaung Dynasty Burmese influence, are among the best in northern Thailand. They feature the jataka stories, past lives of the Buddha, and are interspersed with vern

Myanmar,Bagan,Sulamani Temple,Ancient Interior Wall Painting depicting The Buddha

Crusader on horse heads to jerusalem, Cressec templars Chapel. 1163. FRANCE.

Tapis de la creacio, Tapestry of Creation or Girona Tapestry, 11th century, Christ Pantocrator at the centre, Girona Cathedral, Cathedral of Saint Mary of Girona, Girona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

A photograph taken of Tomb WV23, in the Valley of the Kings, was the final resting place of Pharaoh Ay of the 18th Dynasty. Discovered by Giovanni Battista Belzoni in the winter of 1816, its structure is similar to that of the tomb of Akhenaten, with a straight undecorated, descending corridor, leading to a "well chamber" that has no shaft. The passage leads to the burial chamber, which currently contains the reconstructed sarcophagus. Ay was the penultimate Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's 18th dynasty. He held the throne of Egypt for a brief four-year period (probably 1323-1319 BC or 1327-1323 BC

Italy S-Tyrol Taufers St Johann vault paintings. The largely preserved Romanesque frescoes in the presbytery (south wall and vaulted ceiling), which depict, among other things, a baptism of Christ, Moses as a lawgiver surrounded by Jews recognisable by their headgear, Christ between Mary and John as well as numerous abbots, princes, knights and scribes, are probably by a painter from Vinschgau., St., Sankt, Saint

St. martin church: paiintings from 1114, zillis, switzerland

Phowintaung (also variously romanised as Hpowindaung, Powintaung, Po Win Taung) is a Buddhist cave complex located approximately 25 kilometers west of Monywa and 10 kilometers southeast of Yinmabin, in Yinmabin Township, Monywa District, Sagaing Region, Northern Burma (Myanmar). It is located on the western bank of the Chindwin River. The name of the complex means 'Mountain of Isolated Solitary Meditation'. The complex contains 947 small and large richly decorated caves. It is carved into a sandstone outcrop and contains numerous carved Buddha statues and mural paintings of geometric patterns and Jataka stories. The statues and paintings have been dated to between the 14th and 18th centuries.

Zillis, village church of St Martin, Romanesque wooden ceiling with biblical depictions

Angkor Wat was built for King Suryavarman II (ruled 1113-50) in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city. As the best-preserved temple at the Angkor site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre since its foundation - first Hindu, dedicated to the god Vishnu, then Buddhist. It is the world's largest religious building. The temple is at the top of the high classical style of Khmer architecture. It has become a symbol of Cambodia, appearing on its national flag, and it is the country's prime attraction for visitors. Angkor Wat combines two basic plans of Khmer temple architecture: the temple mountain and the later galleried temple, based on early South Indian Hindu architecture. It is designed to represent Mount Meru, home of the devas in Hindu mythology: within a moat and an outer wall 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) long are three rectangular galleries, each raised above the next. At the centre of the temple stands a quincunx of towers.

St Michael fighting the dragon, St, Saint, Saint

King David as Orpheus in a synagogue mosaic. Date/Period: 508. Synagogue pavement. Stone Stone. Author: UNKNOWN.

Jordan, Petra, Mosaic tile floors in the Main Church, a Byzantine church in the ruins of the Nabataean city of Petra in the Petra Archeological Park is a Jordanian National Park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In the background are the Royal Tombs.

Hagia Triada Sarcophagus. Early Bronze Age. Limestone. Detail of one of the long sides, divided into three panels, depicting a female procession, a bull sacrifice accompanied by music, and a man making offerings to an altar in front of a shrine crowned with horns of consecration and a sacred tree.1400 BC. Crete. Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Greece.

crossing beam, procession of clergy on decorated medieval beam; twelfth century, monastery of Sant Miquel de Cruïlles, lower Empordà, Girona art museum, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

PINTURAS DE LA IGLESIA DE SANTA MARIA DE WAMBA. Location: MARIENKIRCHE. WAMBA. Valladolid. SPAIN.

Dance of death, frescoes, romanesque Church of the Holy Trinity, Hrastovlje, Cristoglie, Slovenia, Europe

Fabulous creatures from the sea, fresco inside the rock church Debre Maryam Qorqor, Gheralta, Tigray, Ethiopia, Africa

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