This is an online album of vital, vibrant and gorgeous Bible art by Albrecht Dürer. Without very much commentary the visual art speaks for itself.
According to general agreement, the German painter and printmaker from Nuremberg, Albrecht Dürer, was the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance, producing a body of artistic output that was prodigious, admired and imitated by artists of his own and succeeding generations.
These images from the Biblical record include copper engravings, woodcuts and various color media. Watch for background landscapes and architectural features fashioned from Dürer's own familiar German surroundings.
Illustrations include:
OLD TESTAMENT: Adam and Eve (Engraving, 1504) Adam and Eve (Color Media on Board, 1507) The Expulsion from Paradise (Woodcut, 1510) Lot and his Family Flee Sodom and Gomorrah (Oil on Panel, 1496) Samson Battles a Lion (Woodcut, date unknown) Penitent King David (Woodcut, date unknown)
NEW TESTAMENT: THE NATIVITY The Annunciation (Woodcut, 1511) Birth of Christ with Two Angels Making Music (Woodcut, 1511) Virgin Mary and Child (Oil, 1512) Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (Tempera and Oil on Canvas over Wood, 1519) Madonna and Child Seated at a Tree (Engraving, 1513) Holy Family (Oil, 1509) Flight into Egypt (Color Media on Pine, ca. 14945) Madonna and Child on a Half-Moon Crescent (Engraving, 1514) Toddler Jesus Holding a World Globe (Color Media, 1493)
NEW TESTAMENT: PASSION WEEK AND THE RESURRECTION The Last Supper (Woodcut, ca. 1497) The Garden of Gethsemane (Copper Engraving, 1508) The Betrayal and Arrest (Copper Engraving, 1512) Flagellation (Woodcut, ca. 1497) The Crown of Thorns (Copper Engraving, 1512) Carrying the Cross (Copper Engraving, 1512) Carrying the Cross (Oil on Panel, ca. 1494-1497) The Crucifixion (Woodcut, 1498) The Crucifixion (Oil on Pine, ca. 1494-1497) The Lamentation (Woodcut, ca. 1497) The Lamentation (Oil on Panel, ca. 1494-1497) Deposition in the Tomb (Woodcut, date unknown) The Resurrection (Copper Engraving, 1512) Christ Appears to His Disciples at Emmaus (Woodcut, 1511) Man of Sorrows, Acquainted with Grief (Woodcut, 1511)
NEW TESTAMENT: THE APOCALYPSE Vision of the Seven Candlesticks (Woodcut, 1497-1498) Twenty-Four Elders in Heaven (Woodcut, 1497-1498) The Four Riders of the Apocalypse (Woodcut, 1497-1498) Opening the Fifth and Sixth Seals (Woodcut, 1497-1498) Four Angels Stilling the Winds (Woodcut, 1497-1498) Seven Angels With the Seven Trumpets (Woodcut, 1497-1498) St. John Devours the Book (Woodcut, 1497-1498) Michael Battles the Dragon (Woodcut, 1497-1498) The Whore of Babylon (Woodcut, 1497-1498) The Final Judgment (Woodcut, ca. 1510)
NEW TESTAMENT: OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS Young Jesus in the Temple (Color Media on Pine, ca. 1494-1497) Proverb of the Prodigal Son (Engraving, ca. 1496) Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem (Woodcut, 1511) The Holy Spirit is Poured Out (Woodcut, 1511) Four Apostles - John, Peter, Mark, Paul (Mixed Media on Linden Wood, 1526) Christ as Salvator Mundi (Oil on Panel, ca. 1504) All Saints Surround the Crucified Christ (Oil on Panel - Landau Altar, 1511)