Religion

How do you express the divine? Artists share visions of God, enlightenment and re-tell the stories of their faith — creating artwork for contemplation, for worship, and to strike fear into the hearts of sinners. We don't know what happens after death, but history has a few ideas.

Dost thou see how the unjust tyranny of worldly power and the might of darkness prevail? Hear, thou knight of Christ, ride on beside the Lord Jesus; guard the truth, win the martyr's crown!

A prayer for the safety of Martin Luther

Albrecht Dürer1521

Jacob's Dream

Giorgio Vasari1557-1558

The Sacrifice of Isaac

Titian1542-1544

Samson and Delilah

Anthony van Dyck1628-1630

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Elisabetta Sirani1660

Salome

Giampietrino1510

Moses in the Bullrushes

Henry Ossawa Tanner1921

Hortus Deliciarum — The Holy Spirit descends on the Apostles

Herrad of Landsberg1180

Jacob and the Angel

Gustave Moreau1878

Job And His Friends

Ilya Repin1869

The penalty of sin remains as long as the hatred of self...

The 95 Theses

1517

The Good Samaritan

Rembrandt van Rijn1633

Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry

Limbourg Brothers1412-1416

Indian Church

Emily Carr1929

Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore

Giorgio Vasari, Arnolfo di Cambio1296-1436

Rouen Cathedral

1030-1880

Church of St. George

1200-1300

Church Tower in Zeeland

Piet Mondrian1911

Crucifixion of the Holy St. Adolf

Adolf Wölfli1914

Crucifixion and Last Judgement

Jan Van Eyck1430-1440

Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion

Francis Bacon1944

David with the Head of Goliath (1607)

Caravaggio1607

David with the Head of Goliath (1610)

Caravaggio1610

David and Goliath

Titian1542-1544

David

Michelangelo1501-1504

The Fall of the Rebel Angels

Pieter Bruegel the Elder1562

The Demon Flying

Mikhail Vrubel1899

The Demon Seated

Mikhail Vrubel1890

The Fallen Demon

Mikhail Vrubel1902

The Inferno, Canto 21

Gustave Doré1861

Dante and Virgil in Hell

William-Adolphe Bouguereau1850

Hantise (Obsession)

Odilon Redon1894

The Okazaki Cat Demon

Utagawa Kuniyoshi1850

Ushiwakamaru Fights Benkei on Gojô Bridge

Utagawa Kuniyoshi1847-1850

The Sleep Of Reason Produces Monsters

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes1799

The Faces of Wrath, The Magus p.55

1801

The Vision

Evelyn De Morgan1914

Eva and Adam

Albrecht Dürer1507

Victory Stele of Naram-Sin

2230 BCE

Elohim Creating Adam

William Blake1805

The Creation of Eve from Adam

Raphael Sanzio1500

Apollo Seated With Lyre

200 CE

Master-of-Animals Standard

800 BCE

The Goddess Aurora Triumphing Over Night

Jean-Honoré Fragonard1755-1756

Isis and Horus

640 BCE

Cycladic female figure

2300 BCE-2200 BCE

Statue of Aphrodite

100 CE

Standing Female Deity, probably Durga

700 CE

Minoan Snake Goddess or Priestess

1700 BCE-1450 BCE

Seated Woman of Çatalhöyük

6000 BCE

Athena

100 BCE

Bactrian Princess's

2500 BCE

Closed Eyes

Odilon Redon1889

Beatrice Addressing Dante from the Car

William Blake1824-1827

Paradiso, Canto 34

Gustave Doré1868

Scivias I.3: God, Cosmos, and Humanity

Hildegard von Bingen1165

Nebra Sky Disk

1600 BCE

The Gates of Hell

François Auguste René Rodin1880-1890

Minos

William Blake1824-1827

Temptation of Saint Anthony

Hieronymus Bosch1510

The Garden of Earthly Delights

Hieronymus Bosch1503-1504

The Haywain Triptych

Hieronymus Bosch1516

The Inferno, Canto 15

Gustave Doré1861

The Gates of Hell

François Auguste René Rodin1880-1890

Raising of Lazarus

Caravaggio1609

Christ in the House of His Parents

John Everett Millais1849-1850

Christ and the Storm

Giorgio de Chirico1914

Crucified Christ

Agnolo Bronzino1545

The Last Judgement

Hieronymus Bosch1482

The Entombment of Christ

Caravaggio1602-1603

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

Pieter Bruegel the Elder1565

The Procession to Calvary

Pieter Bruegel the Elder1564

El Salvador

El Greco1610-1614

Christ on the Cross

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes1780

Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee

Rembrandt van Rijn1633

The Holy Trinity

El Greco1577-1579

The Agony in the Garden

El Greco1590-1595

Scivias 2.1: The Redeemer

Hildegard von Bingen1150

Mond Crucifixion

Raphael Sanzio1502

The Last Judgement

Giorgio Vasari1572-1579

The Garden of Gethsemane

Giorgio Vasari1570

The Burial of Christ

Titian1572

The Burial of Christ - 1559

Titian1559

The Tribute Money

Titian1560-1568

Christ Carrying the Cross

Titian1565

Stefaneschi Triptych

Giotto di Bondone1320

The Mourning of Christ

Giotto di Bondone1304-1306

Crucifix of the Malatesta Temple

Giotto di Bondone1310-1317

Descent from the Cross

Maurice Denis1901

The Crucifixion

Fra Angelico1420-1423

And We See

Nicholas Roerich1922

Christ In Silence

Odilon Redon1897

The Merciful Knight

Edward Burne-Jones1863

Pietà

Gustave Moreau1876

Man of Sorrows

James Ensor1891

Flagellation of Christ

Piero della Francesca1455-1460

Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889

James Ensor1888

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Fra Angelico1438-1439

Triptych: The Crucifixion

Rogier van der Weyden1443-1445

The Descent from the Cross

Rogier van der Weyden1435-1438

The Last Supper

Leonardo da Vinci1495-1498

Christ of Saint John of the Cross

Salvador Dalí1951

The Ecumenical Council

Salvador Dalí1958-1960

Basilica of San Vitale

Bishop Ecclesius526 CE-547 CE

Church of the Gesù

Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola Giacomo della Porta1568-1580

The Flight Into Egypt

Caravaggio1590-1595

Torcello Cathedral

639 CE

Christ Carrying the Cross

Martin Schongauer1475

Christ Crucified between the Two Thieves: The Three Crosses

Rembrandt van Rijn1660

Descent from the Cross

Rembrandt van Rijn1633

The Raising of Lazarus

Rembrandt van Rijn1632

The Hundred Guilder Print

Rembrandt van Rijn1649

John the Baptist

Caravaggio1610

John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Caravaggio1604

The Birth of Saint John the Baptist

Artemisia Gentileschi1635

The Baptism of Christ

Piero della Francesca1448-1450

Virgin and Child with Saints John the Baptist and Joseph

Vincenzo Catena1525

Tidings of the Eagle

Nicholas Roerich1927

Descent of Christ Into Limbo

Agnolo Bronzino1552

The Small Cowper Madonna

Raphael Sanzio1505

Feast of Rose Garlands

Albrecht Dürer1506

Madonna of the Rosary

Peter Paul Rubens1607

Madonna Laboris (Sketch)

Nicholas Roerich1936

Madonna and Child

Giampietrino1510-1525

Madonna of the Cherries

Giampietrino1525

The Annunciation

Edward Burne-Jones1879

The Newborn Christ

Georges de La Tour1640

Polyptych of the Misericordia — Detail of the Madonna

Piero della Francesca1460-1462

The Annunciation and Life of the Virgin

Fra Angelico1426

The Manger

Gertrude Käsebier1903

Degenerate Madonna

Alice Neel1930

Madonna and Child

Luca della Robbia1475

The Madonna of Humility

Masaccio1424

The Virgin and Child

Masaccio1426

The Holy Family

Martin Schongauer1485

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

Agnolo Bronzino1545

Mary Magdalene

Artemisia Gentileschi1613-1620

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary

Johannes Vermeer1654-1656

The Penitent Magdalene

Georges de La Tour1640

The Magdalene with the Smoking Flame

Georges de La Tour1638-1640

The Repentant Magdalene

Georges de La Tour1635-1640

Mary Magdalene

Carlo Crivelli1480

The Awakening Conscience

William Holman Hunt1853

The Death of Moses

Alexandre Cabanel1850

Moses and the Brazen Serpent

Anthony van Dyck1530

Fiding of Moses

1685-1689

Badshahi Mosque بادشاہی مسجد

1671-1673

Great Mosque of Djenné

1300-1907

Adoration of the Magi

Fra Angelico1440-1460

The Nativity, for Liturgy

Natalia Goncharova1915

Adoration of the Shepherds

Giorgione1505-1510

Nativity

Luca della Robbia1460

Worship

Ferdinand Hodler1893

Young Christian Girl

Paul Gauguin1894

Prayer

Man Ray1930

Padma Sambhava

Nicholas Roerich1924

Mihrab — Prayer Niche

755 CE-1355

Have I given the message?—O Allah, be my witness.

Muhammad's Farewell Sermon

Muhammad632 CE

The Return of the Prodigal Son

Rembrandt van Rijn1669

Altarpiece No. 1 Group X

Hilma af Klint1915

To Be Looked At

Marcel Duchamp1918

Louvre Pyramid

I.M. Pei1984-1989

The Pyramid of Caius Cestius

Giovanni Battista Piranesi1755

The Sphinx and the Pyramids

A. O. Lamplough1919

Supper at Emmaus (1602)

Caravaggio1602

Supper at Emmaus (1606)

Caravaggio1606

Christ Carrying His Cross

Giampietrino1530

The Penitent Magdalene

Giampietrino1530

Madonna and Child

Giampietrino1510

The Praying Jew (Rabbi of Vitebsk)

Marc Chagall1914

The Yellow Christ

Paul Gauguin1889

Perforated plaque of Dudu

2450 BCE

Deposition of Christ

Agnolo Bronzino1540-1545

The Adoration of the Bronze Snake

Agnolo Bronzino1540-1545

Buddha

Odilon Redon1910

Christ

Odilon Redon1887

St Sebastian

Raphael Sanzio1501

Madonna with Child and Saints

Raphael Sanzio1502

Saint George and the Dragon

Raphael Sanzio1506

Temptations of St Jerome

Giorgio Vasari1541

Saint Jerome Penitent in the Wilderness

Albrecht Dürer1496

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata

Giotto di Bondone1295-1300

Badia Polyptych

Giotto di Bondone1300

Maesta of Santa Trinita

Cimabue1280-1290

Polyptych of Bologna

Giotto di Bondone1330-1335

Altarpiece of Santa Reparata — Back

Giotto di Bondone1310

Baroncelli Polyptych

Giotto di Bondone1334

Saint Anthony Tempted by a Lump of Gold

Fra Angelico1436

Baby Jesus and St. Anthony of Padua

Elisabetta Sirani1656

Saint Panteleimon the Healer

Nicholas Roerich1931

Zvenigorod

Nicholas Roerich1933

Elijah the Prophet

Nicholas Roerich1931

The Virgin and Child with St. Dominic and Thomas Aquinas

Fra Angelico1430

A Man Reading (Saint Ivo)

Rogier van der Weyden1450

Santiago El Grande

Salvador Dalí1957

Saint George

Carlo Crivelli1472

The Annunciation, with St. Emidius

Carlo Crivelli1486

St. Peter's Square

Gian Lorenzo Bernini1675

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

Gian Lorenzo Bernini1647-1652

Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Caravaggio1595-1596

Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Raphael Sanzio1507

St. Sebastian Aided by St. Irene

Trophime Bigot1640

St Jerome

Trophime Bigot1630

Saints Jerome and John the Baptist

Masaccio1428-1429

Saint Jerome in his Study

Vincenzo Catena1510

The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in Sun

William Blake1803

The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in Sun

William Blake1805-1810

Last Judgment

Fra Angelico1431

Ghosts, Devils and the King of Hell

Utagawa Kuniyoshi1850

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata

Lorenzo Monaco1420

Saint Francis Collecting the Blood of Christ

Carlo Crivelli1490-1500

Saint Francis in Ecstasy

El Greco1577-1580

Table of the Seven Deadly Sins

Hieronymus Bosch1505-1510

The Tower of Babel

Pieter Bruegel the Elder1563

The "Little" Tower of Babel

Pieter Bruegel the Elder1565

The Annunciation

Dante Gabriel Rossetti1850

The Childhood of Mary Virgin

Dante Gabriel Rossetti1849

The Adoration of the Magi

Hieronymus Bosch1475

The Virgin Mary

El Greco1597

The Madonna of the Lilies

William-Adolphe Bouguereau1899

Virgin Comforter

William-Adolphe Bouguereau1875

The Virgin, the Baby Jesus and Saint John the Baptist

William-Adolphe Bouguereau1875

Pieta

William-Adolphe Bouguereau1876

The Virgin With Angels

William-Adolphe Bouguereau1900

Assumption of the Virgin

Titian1516-1518

Madonna Enthroned

Giotto di Bondone1310

The Entombment of Mary

Giotto di Bondone1310

Altarpiece of Santa Reparata — Front

Giotto di Bondone1310

Fiesole Altarpiece

Fra Angelico1424-1425

Virgin and Child

Elisabetta Sirani1663

The Annunciation

Henry Ossawa Tanner1898

Study for the Annunciation

Henry Ossawa Tanner1898

Mary

Henry Ossawa Tanner1914

The Education of the Virgin

Georges de La Tour1650

The Virgin with Child, Angels and Saints

Piero della Francesca1472-1474

The Annunciation

Jan Van Eyck1434-1436

The Madonna in the Church

Jan Van Eyck1438

The Ghent Altarpiece, Open

Jan Van Eyck1430-1432

Virgin and Child, with Saints and Donor

Jan Van Eyck1441-1443

The Crucifixion, with the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist Mourning

Rogier van der Weyden1460

The Virgin and Child enthroned

Rogier van der Weyden1433

Virgin and Child

Rogier van der Weyden1454

Virgin of the Rocks, 2nd Version

Leonardo da Vinci1483-1508

Madonna

Lorenzo Monaco1400

Virgin and Child

Lorenzo Monaco1410

Doni Tondo

Michelangelo1507

Pietà

Michelangelo1498-1499

Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousa

1300

Madonna and Child

Carlo Crivelli1480

The Virgin and Child with Saints Francis and Sebastian

Carlo Crivelli1491

Madonna and Child Enthroned

Carlo Crivelli1472

Virgin and Child with Saints and Donor

Carlo Crivelli1490

Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence. From these contraries spring what the religious call Good and Evil... Good is heaven. Evil is hell.