For several years now, our Website users at Restored Traditions have favored the following 25 images of Catholic artwork. Click on any image to download it in high-resolution. Enjoy!
The Sacred HeartWednesday, January 27, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
The Refuge of the Shepherdess within the Crucifix Shrine
The featured image this week is called 'Refuge' by an unknown artist. The beauty of this image is the three messages that are portrayed. The young shepherdess has sought physical refuge within the protection of the Crucifix shrine. Christ on the Cross watches over her spiritually (protecting her from the storms of life) while, at the same time, affording her physical protection from the raging storm. Finally, she clutches closely a white lamb in her arms, the lamb being a figure of the Christ referenced multiple times in the Old & New Testaments.
"I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. Blessed are they that wash their robes in the blood of the Lamb: that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city." Apocalypse 22:13-14 Source
"I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. Blessed are they that wash their robes in the blood of the Lamb: that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city." Apocalypse 22:13-14 Source
Monday, January 11, 2010
The Standard
The featured picture this week is an image of an antique engraving entitled "The Standard." The courage of the Catholic priest is superbly shown in this image. The rage of a battle is howling all around, while the priest fearlessly helps move a wounded soldier. Why this artwork is called "The Standard," one can only speculate. There is no visible 'standard' in the image so, perhaps, the intention of the artist was to display 'The Standard' of charity—caring for our fellow man for the sole purpose of bringing glory to God.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
What Our Savior Saw From the Cross
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The featured picture this week is a painting in the French Victorian Neoclassical style by James Jacques Joseph Tissot (1836-1902) This painting renders a unique view of the Crucifixion on Mount Calvary: the view of Jesus hanging from the Cross. The kneeling figure at the bottom of the image appears to be Mary Magdalene, while Our Lady appears to be standing in the center with Saint John to her right. The high-priests sit on their mules off to the right of the image while the Centurion, St. Longinus, is off to the upper left of the picture. To the left and right of Saint Longinus are two sitting, Roman soldiers with lances—quite possibly one of the same lances that Longinus would later use to pierce the side of Jesus.
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