Stories from the Old Testament

by Frances Lincoln Publishers

Book Overview

This full-color, large-format gift book showcases 17 of the most dramatic and familiar stories from the Old Testament and some of the most magnificent pieces of artwork that they have inspired through... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689809557
• ISBN13: 9780689809552
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Length: 45 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.0" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

Stories From the Old Testament : With Masterwork Paintings

This is a pictorial of 18 Old Testament stories. It contains a large 8 1/2" by 11" print of each masterpiece painting to accompany each story. The following is a list of each artist's name and the oil painting's title. Included are : Raphael's - Creation of the Earth; Bruegel's - Tower of Babel; Poussin's - Eliezer & Rebecca at the Well; Rosselli's - Crossing of the Red Sea; Rosselli's - Moses with the Tablets of the Law and the Adoration of the Golden Calf; Rembrandt's - Belshazzar's Feast; Ruben's - Daniel in the Lion's Den; Pontormo's - Joseph's Brothers Beg for Help; Tiepolo's - Finding Moses; Cima's - David and Jonathan (Goliath slain); Giorgione's - Judgment of Solomon; Robusti's - Creation of the Animals; Kessel's - Garden of Eden; Cranach's - Adam & Eve in the Garden; Savery II's - The Animals Entering the Ark; Bassano's - Noah & Family after the Flood; Olivier's - Abraham & Issac; Koch's - Landscape with Ruth and Boaz The accompanying text is the King James translation which might be a bit archaic for adults let alone students. Yet, the recount is true and not a writer's paraphrase. The appendix with the thumbnail prints and summary of each artist's life and his technique is a wonderful at-a-glance summary and index of the contents. These masterpieces bring to life the inspiring Old Testament stories, are a great way to study religious paintings and to come to know the Old Testament teachings. This is a great resource for teaching art history. Also, it is a good way to study religious history and to whet the appetites of Junior High students through adults. It will open their eyes to the works of the masters of the renaissance on through to the landscape painters of the mid 1800's. The vibrant prints are gorgeous and a wonderful size to enable the viewer to take in the full affect of the painting without going to the museum to see the original masterpiece oil painting.