This is the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount
James Tissot, The Sermon on the Mount
Fra Angelico, Fresco im Markuskloster in Florenz (1437-45)
Gustave Dore, The Sermon on the Mount
Carl Heinrich Block, The Sermon on the Mount (1834-1890)
The Calling of the Disciples from Matthew’s Gospel
The Calling of the Apostles, Mosaics from San Marco, Santa Maria Assunta in Torcello and Murano
Apostle’s Call, Relief from Manastery of San Pedro da Roda
Calling of Peter and Andrew, Duccio di Buonisegna (1308-1311)
James Tissot, The Calling of Saint Peter and Saint Andrew (1886-1894)
Another cool resource I found this week for artwork is Art and Bible which is in French, but it is pretty easy to click on the wikis for various readings which also has some great artwork for this passage.
For this year it is Matthew’s nativity story which focuses attention on Joseph and the angel speaking to Joseph in a dream:
Saint Joseph the Carpenter, Georges de La Tour (1640)
James Tissot, The Vision of Saint Joseph (1886-1894)
T’oros Roslin, Joseph’s Dream (1262)
Domenico Guidi, Vision of St. Joseph 1694
Sir John Everett Millais, Jesus in the House With His Elders, 1850
Saint Joseph Holding the Christ, Scuola Veneta, picture by Antione Motte dit Falisse
This is typically the second Sunday of John the Baptist readings for the season of Advent, so a few images of John the Baptist first and then I’m going to break from the Revised Common Lectionary this Sunday in Year A (Matthew) and use the genealogy in Matthew’s gospel as a way to introduce the story. So John the Baptist first, as I mentioned last week John the Baptist is a favorite of artists so there are lots more out there, but a few include:
Joan de Joanes, Saint John the Baptist, 1560
John the Baptist, Icon from Macedonia 14th Century
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, The Beheading of St John the Baptist 1869
Now for the Geneology of Matthew which is punctuated (unusual for a geneology) by a number of women including
Tamar:
Horace Vernet, Judah and Tamar 1840
Rahab:
James Tissot, The Harlot of Jericho and the Two Spies
Ruth
William Blake, Naomi Entreating Ruth and Orpah
Bathsheeba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite
Artemisia Gentileschi, Bathshedba, first half of the 17th Century
The good kings of Israel and later Judah and the bad:
King Josiah by Julius Schnoor von Carolseld
The Exile in Babylon
James Tissot, The Flight of the Prisoners
And the return
Nehemiah View the Ruins of jerusalem’s Walls, Gustav Dore 1866
And finally Joseph
Guido Reni, Saint Joseph with the Infant Jesus, 1635
The primary text this week is Jesus talking about the destruction of the Temple, so there are a number of good temple related images:
The Temple by Radojavor@deviantart.com
Model of the Second Temple at the time of Jesus
James Tissot, Reconstruction of Jerusalem and the Temple of Herod, painted between 1886 and 1894
The Disciples Admire the Buildings of the Temple, James Tissot
The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by Romans Under the Command of Titus, A.D. 70 by David Roberts 1850
This is the confrontation between Jesus and the Sadducees in Luke 20: 27-40, Job19: 23-27 and 2 Thessalonians 2: 1-5, 13-17
Before I get into specific Sunday there is a really cool link to the Wikipedia Commons for James Tissot’s Paintings of the Life of Christ, roughly 436 paintings from various scenes.
Job (oil on canvas) by Bonnat, Leon Joseph Florentin (1833-1922)
For a little fun from United Methodist Memes
James Tissot, Annas and Ciaphas (between 1886-1894)
James Tissot, The Chief Priests Take Counsel Together (1886-1894)
Ezekiel’s Vision: Resurrection of the Dead, Synagogue interior wood panel Dura Europos, Syria
Luca Signorelli, Resurrection of the Flesh (1499-1502)
Sign of the Rose 