On Art

Ascension, miniature depicted in the Syriac Evangeliary of Rabbula (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, Italy)

Art selection and commentary by Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons

Shtetl Revealed | Language of the Village (inset), by Tom Glick

Art selection and comment by Lil Copan

Doubting Thomas, by Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi da, 1571–1610)

Art selection and commentary by Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons.

Christ Driving the Money Lenders from the Temple, by Ippolito Scarsellino (called Scarcella)

Art selection and commentary by Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons

Headlands and Furrows (top) and Winter Field (bottom), by Abner Hershberger

Art selection and comment by Lil Copan.

Abraham, fresco in a synagogue in Syria (ca. 239)

Art selection and commentary by Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons.

Joseph and Mary: Wedding Portrait, by Jim Larson

Art selection and comment by Lil Copan

Jonah and the Whale, from an early Christian marble sarcophagus in Rome (fourth century)

Art selection and commentary by Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons

Amen: A Prayer for the World, featuring the work of Christina Saj (left) and Hisham El Zeiny (right)

Art selection and comment by Lil Copan.

Adoration of the Magi, by Gentile da Fabriano (ca. 1423)

Art selection and commentary by Mikeal C. Parsons and Heidi J. Hornik.

The gallery at Nashville’s Downtown Presbyterian Church

Art selection and comment by Lil Copan

Five Books of Moses, by Carole P. Kunstadt

Art selection and comment by Lil Copan

Sermon on the Mount, by Fra Angelico (1387–1455)

Art selection and commentary by Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons

A Prayer of Waiting; Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; Watery Chaos; and Coffee/Maker, by Paul Soupiset

Art selection and comment by Lil Copan

Saintly Ruin, Corazón 1, Fear No Evil, Broken Sinner, and Wipe My Fragility Clean (clockwise from top left), by Marisol McKee

Art selection and comment by Lil Copan.

Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to St. Peter (Sistine Chapel), by Pietro Perugino (1448–1523)

Art selection and commentary by Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons

Mask of Fear, by Sergio Gomez

Art selection and comment by Lil Copan

Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes (from Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry ), by Paul, Herman, and Johan Limbourg (fl. 1399–1416)

Art selection and commentary by Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons.

Seeds of Harmony (series), by Jeff Kennel

Art selection and comment by Lil Copan.

Sacrifice of Isaac (Florence baptistery), by Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378–1455)

Art selection and commentary by Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons

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