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Home > Resources > Genesis

Genesis

Classic and modern artwork inspired by Genesis.
Studying Old Testament

Art: (click to view)

  • “The Creation of the World”, artist unknown
  • “The Creation of the Sun, the Moon and the Plants”, by Michelangelo Buonarroti
  • “Adam and Eve”, by Fernando Botero
  • “Adam and Eve”, by Lucas Cranach the Elder
  • “Adam and Eve” at Abreha and Atsbeha Church, Ethiopia
  • “Tower of Babel”, by Pieter Brueghel the Elder
  • “The Deluge”, by Winifred Knights
  • “Miniature of Noah’s ark”, by Guiart des Moulins
  • “Nora, Hoist The Window / Let The Dove Come In (Who Built The Ark?)”, performed by Bessie Jones
  • “The Old Ark’s A-Moving” performed by A.A. Gray & Seven-Foot Dilly
  • “God’s Covenant with Abraham”, by Jan Goeree and A. de Blois
  • “God’s Promises to Abram”, by James Tissot
  • “Righteous Forefather Abraham Icon” at Orthodox Church in America
  • “Sacrifice of Isaac”, by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • “The sacrifice of Isaac”, by Marc Chagall
  • “Abraham and the Binding of Ishmael” in the Haft Tanan Mausoleum, Iran
  • “Abraham Casting Out Hagar and Ishmael”, by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri
  • “Sacrifice of Abraham”, by “Il Riccio” Andrea Briosco
  • “Study for Climbing Jacob’s Ladder”, by William H. Johnson at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
  • “The Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau”, by Sir Peter Paul Rubens
  • “Jacob’s Ladder”, by Yoram Raanan
  • “Joseph, Overseer of Pharaoh’s Granaries”, by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
  • “Joseph” at Takieh Mo’aven ol-Molk Museum, Iran
  • “Joseph Interprets Pharaoh’s Dream”, by James Tissot
  • “Joseph Accused by Potiphar’s Wife”, by Rembrandt Van Rijn
  • “Joseph’s Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob”, by Diego Velázquez
  • “Joseph pardons his Brothers”, by Bacchiacca
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