At a Glance
Christology: Media
doctrine of Christ
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Transfiguration
The Transfiguration, the nature of Jesus as the Son of God being revealed to the...
Giraudon/Art Resource, New York
Gospel of Matthew
“Liber generationis,” initial page from the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew in...
By permission of the British Library
Gerolamo Genga: The Tree of Jesse
The Tree of Jesse by Gerolamo Genga, c.1535; in the collection of the National...
© Fine Art Images/Heritage Images—Hulton Fine Art Collection/Getty Images
The Holy Trinity altarpiece
The Holy Trinity, central panel of the former high altarpiece of the Church...
© Art Images/Culture Club—Hulton Fine Art Collection/Getty Images
First Council of Nicaea
Council of Nicaea in 325, depicted in a Byzantine fresco in the basilica of St. Nicholas...
imageBROKER/AGE fotostock
Giotto di Bondone: St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata
St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata, fresco attributed to Giotto...
Scala/Art Resource, New York
Thomas Chubb
Thomas Chubb, detail of an oil painting by George Beare, 1747; in the National Portrait...
Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London
Friedrich Schleiermacher
Friedrich Schleiermacher, detail of an engraving by F. Lehmann, mid-19th century.
Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin
Crucifix
Byzantine fresco of the crucified Jesus wearing a colobium, in the Roman...
Susana Guzman/Alamy
Pietà
Pietà, poplar and plaster sculpture with polychromy and gilding, German, 1375–1400;...
Photograph by Katie Chao. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, The Cloisters Collection, 1948 (48.85)
The Flight into Egypt
The Flight into Egypt, oil on canvas painting by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo,...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019 (2019.141.19)
Matthias Grünewald: Crucifixion panel of the Isenheim Altarpiece
The Crucifixion, center panel of the Isenheim Altarpiece (closed view),...
Album/Alamy
The Last Judgment
The Last Judgment, fresco by Michelangelo, 1533–41; in the Sistine Chapel,...
SCALA/Art Resource, New York
James Tissot: You Could Not Watch One Hour With Me
You Could Not Watch One Hour With Me (Vous n'avez pu veiller une heure...
Brooklyn Museum, New York, Purchased by public subscription, (00.159.232); www.brooklynmuseum.org
Paul Gauguin: The Yellow Christ
The Yellow Christ, oil on canvas by Paul Gauguin, 1889; in the Buffalo AKG...
Courtesy of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
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