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1) Nativity
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
AD 620L
Language
English
Description
Presents an illustrated version of the King James Bible story of the birth of Jesus Christ and of his Sermon on the Mount.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this four-color illustrated journey that is part travelogue and part theological investigation, bestselling author and acclaimed Bible scholar John Dominic Crossan and his wife Sarah painstakingly travel throughout the ancient Eastern church, documenting through text and image a completely different model for understanding Easter's resurrection story, one that provides promise and hope for us today.
Traveling the world, the Crossans noticed a...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In 2017, Leonardo da Vinci's small oil painting the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction. In the words of its discoverer, the image of Christ as savior of the world is "the rarest thing on the planet." Its $450 million sale price also makes it the world's most expensive painting. For two centuries, art dealers had searched in vain for the Holy Grail of art history: a portrait of Christ as the Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci. Many similar paintings...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
An American backpacking in rural England has her life taking a turn for the worse after a car accident. During recovery, she is befriended by a researcher studying a buried 1st Century church embedded with images of Christ's crucifixion. She begins to have horrific visions of the townspeople and their deaths.
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"'The Passion of Christ' tells the story of the last painful hours of Jesus' life through magnificent imagery and illuminating text. Each pivotal moment, including the Last Supper, Judas' betrayal, and Jesus' trial, crucifixion, and resurrection, is illustrated by master works of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Extended captions provide insights into the subject matter, the historical context, and the art itself. More than one hundred color...
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Language
English
Description
A decaying palazzo on a hilltop near the Adriatic coast, and in the basement, cobwebbed and dusty, an archive unknown to scholars. Here, a young graduate student from Rome makes a discovery that inspires a search for a painting lost for almost two centuries. The artist was Caravaggio, a revolutionary painter beset by personal demons. Four hundred years ago, he drank and brawled in the taverns and streets of Rome, in and out of jail, all the while...
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