artistic theme
theme or subject in a work of art
Black Santa
depictions of Santa Claus with melanated skin tone
Spiritual labyrinth
rare type of Eastern Orthodox icon
Heracles and the Nemean Lion
One of the labors of Heracles
entombment of Christ
event in the New Testament
Resurrection of Jesus
event in the Christian faith, Gospel episode represented in the cycle of the Passion of Christ Central teaching of Christianity; Luke 24:1-11
Denial of Peter
episode from the Passion of Christ
parable of the Good Samaritan
didactic story told by Jesus in Luke 10:25–37
Hierarchical proportion
Art technique in sculpture and painting
shan shui
art genre to draw landscapes
Visitation
Christian story of Mary visiting Elizabeth
Four Gentlemen
four plants (plum blossom, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum), representing the four seasons; East Asian artistic theme
theme
musical melody on which a composition is based
three wise monkeys
pictorial maxim, embodying the proverbial principle “see/hear/speak no evil”, depicted as three monkeys
Good Shepherd
epithet of Jesus, from Jn 10:11–12
continence of Scipio
artistic theme
fall of man
in Christianity, the transition of the first man and woman from a state of innocent obedience to God to a state of guilty disobedience
tree of Jesse
artistic theme, depiction of the ancestors of Christ
Evangelist portrait
symbols of the four evangelists
fig leaf
leaf of the fig tree, traditionally used in art to obscure nudity
plant-derived motif
decorative element based on plant forms
healing of the man born blind
miracle of Jesus in the Gospels
Jesus at the home of Martha and Mary
episode of the gospels
Hercules at the crossroads
ancient Greek anecdote parable attributed to Prodicus and known from Xenophon, concerning the young Heracles/Hercules who is offered a choice between Vice and Virtue
tree of life
motif in art and culture
Anointing of Jesus
Gospels event
allegory of the Republic
allegorical representation of the republic
marriage of the Virgin
artistic theme
Vinegar tasters
traditional subject in Chinese painting
rape of Lucretia
event in early Roman history
aestheticization of violence
aestheticization of bodily harm
Binding of Isaac
story from the Tanakh
Christ treading on the beasts
subject found in Late Antique and Early Medieval art
disability art
art drawing on the theme of disability
Moses striking water from the rock
biblical episode and artistic theme
mudflap girl
iconic symbol appearing on many vehicle mud flaps
Flowers of the Four Seasons
grouping of flowers in Chinese culture
Octopus-shaped sausages
Japanese snack
circumcision of Jesus
event from the life of Jesus of Nazareth and common subject in Christian art
Finding of Moses
artistic theme
Tree of Life
tree of life motif in the Quran
organ transplantation in fiction
depictions of organ transplantation in fictional stories
Veil of Maya
philosophical concept coined by Arthur Schopenhauer
Saint Sebastian tended by Saint Irene
subject in Christian art (with or without Irene's unnamed maidservant)
Western
multimedia genre of stories set primarily in the American Old West