EditorialLeaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the Lamb at the Foot of the Cross, Flanked by Two Angels; The Calling of Saint John with the Enthroned Christ flanked by Angels and a Man Holding a Book.
EditorialInterior of St. Johanneskirchlein, Puergg, Styria. Walls are covered with frescos from the late 12th. On the arch the name of God in kufic script; on the same wall painted curtains, two donors, Cain and Abel sacrificing; Romanesque cross 13th.
EditorialGod gives Moses the Ten Commandements, while angels blow trumpets, (Exodus 19,16). Verdun Altar, 51 plaques in champsleve-technique, enamel on gilded copper. 1181, for Prior Wernher of the Augustinian canons of Klosterneubirg, Austria. Total L of the a...
EditorialArt Romanesque. The Royal Benedictine Monastery of Sant Cugat. Built betwenn 9th and 14th centuries. Capital depicting God with Adam and Eve. Cloister. Sant Cugat del Valles. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.
EditorialThe Nativity, with God the Father Surrounded by Angels and Cherubim. Dated: c. 1470. Dimensions: joined NGA and MMA panels: 83.5 x 57.5 cm (32 7/8 x 22 5/8 in.) framed: 97.8 x 73.7 x 4.8 cm (38 1/2 x 29 x 1 7/8 in.) only NGA lunette (oval): 36.6 x 51...
EditorialKhufu (Cheops) ship. Intact full-size vessel. Type known as a "solar barge", a ritual vessel to carry the resurrected king with the sun god Ra across the heavens. 4th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. Giza pyramid complex. c. 2500 BC. Giza Solar boat Museum. Egypt.
EditorialHercules Tamed By Love. This mischievous God in his triumphant ways subjects all, kings, shepherds, heroes and gays, Alcide interrupts his dreaded exploits and binds him while Omphale overjoys. (Gallant poetry by Monsieur Sauzet), plate 25 from Histoir...
EditorialSculpture of God Pluto. 2nd century AD. Marble. From the Roman Theatre of Merida (Emerita Augusta), Spain. National Museum of Roman Art. Merida, Badajoz province, Extremadura, Spain.
EditorialStatue of God Mercury resting on a rock with the lyre of turtle shell and antelope horns, 155 AD. Borba Estremoz marble. From Cerro de San Albin (Merida, Extremadura, Spain). National Museum of Roman Art. Merida, Badajoz province, Extremadura, Spain.
EditorialRoman head of God Serapis, 2nd century AD. Marble. From Cerro de San Albin (Merida, Extremadura, Spain). National Museum of Roman Art. Merida, Badajoz province, Extremadura, Spain.
EditorialVotive relief dedicated by Xenokrateia to the river-God Kephisos. Detail. 410 BC. Pentelic marble. From the Sanctuary of Echelidai at New Phaleron (Attica). National Archaeologic Museum. Athens, Greece.
EditorialAltarpiece with the Beautiful Virgin of Regensburg and Saints Christopher, Mary Magdalen, Florian and Catherine Standing in Niches, with God the Father Above. Albrecht Altdorfer; German, c.1480-1538. Date: 1500-1538. Dimensions: 302 ? 220 mm (image/blo...
EditorialFeste du Dieu Pan, celebree par des Sylvains et des Nymphes (Feast of the God Pan Celebrated by Sylvans and Nymphs). Medium: etching and engraving.
EditorialSatan Before the Throne of God. Dated: 1825. Dimensions: plate: 21.6 x 17.2 cm (8 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.) sheet: 43.2 x 33 cm (17 x 13 in.). Medium: engraving on India paper.
EditorialEgypt. Sarcophagus of priest of god Amun. Painted. Wood. Detail. 10th-9th century BC. Third Intermediate Period. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.