Wikidata:WikiProject sum of all paintings/Christian religious art
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This page describes how to handle Christian religious art. We focus on paintings, but this can be used for other types of works of art too. We have an overview of top main subjects and suggestions to work on.
Properties[edit]
The most relevant properties are
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| genre (P136) | religious art (Q2864737). We don't divide it any further. |
| religion or worldview (P140) | Christianity (Q5043) |
| main subject (P921) | The main subject the painting shows. What is the story or artistic theme shown in the painting? Usually one. |
| depicts (P180) | What do we actually see in the painting? Usually multiple. |
Main subjects[edit]
Overview of main subjects. It's generally following the chronology of the bible.
Old Testament[edit]
| Item | Description | Overview |
|---|
These still need to be sorted out and ordered:
- Fall of man (Q1135949)
Adam and Eve (Q58701) - Tower of Babel (Q41213)
- Binding of Isaac (Q5007906)
- Tobias and the Angel (Q3530155)
- Susanna and the Elders (Q16930210)
Susanna and the Elders (Q35555488) - Judith and Holofernes (Q13077250)
- Isaac blessing Jacob (Q29982332)
- Jacob wrestling with the angel (Q3141419)
- David and Goliath (Q13472331)
- Finding of Moses (Q16156185)
- Lot and his daughters? Lot's daughters (Q5981362) ?
- Samson with the Jawbone of an Ass (Q80913007)
- Samson and the lion (Q65729308)
- Samson and Delilah (Q80912108)
- Death of Samson?
New Testament[edit]
These still need to be sorted out and ordered:
- Sermon on the Mount (Q51640)
- Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (Q152771)
- stations of the Cross (Q231685)
- Raising of Lazarus (Q3937194)
- John the Baptist in the wilderness (Q66481349)
- Jesus and the woman taken in adultery (Q492663)
- Pentecost (Q39864)
- Doubting Thomas (Q4924861) (
incredulity of Thomas (Q18809529)) - Penitent Magdalene (Q5989722)
- Our Lady of Sorrows (Q1196075)
- Parable of the Prodigal Son (Q262135)
- Healing the blind who was blinded since birth (Q1518676)
- presentation of Mary (Q1124234) (
Presentation of Mary (Q22818153)) - Check with en:Life of the Virgin
- Check with en:Life of Christ in art
- Twelve Apostles (Q4155679) are sometimes displayed alone without a story context:
- Peter (Q33923)
- St. James the Elder, Apostle (Q43999)
- John the Apostle (Q44015)
- Andrew the Apostle (Q43399)
- Philip the Apostle (Q43675)
- Bartholomew the Apostle (Q43982)
- Matthew the Apostle (Q43600)
- Thomas the Apostle (Q43669)
- James, son of Alphaeus (Q44047)
- Jude the Apostle (Q43945)
- Simon the Zealot (Q12871)
- Matthias the Apostle (Q44020)
- Judas Iscariot (Q81018)
- Paul the Apostle (Q9200)
- beheading of John the Baptist (Q56857972)
Decollation of John the Baptist (Q2511873) - Salome with the head of John the Baptist (Q108739900)
Later[edit]
| Item | Description | Overview |
|---|---|---|
| sacra conversazione (Q370665) | ||
| mystic marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria (Q20729926) | ||
| Saint George and the Dragon (Q2509393) | ||
| Saint Luke painting the Virgin (Q1291593) | ||
| Immaculate Conception of Mary (Q185606) | ||
| Saint Francis receiving the Stigmata (Q26714817) | ||
| Mass of Saint Gregory (Q1368767) | ||
| Coronation of the Virgin (Q1093370) | ||
| Saint Martin sharing his cloak (Q27036662) | ||
| mystic marriage of Saint Catherine (Q4296527) | ||
| Deesis (Q1207453) | depicts Jesus flanked by the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist, sometimes with other saints |
Suggestions[edit]
We have plenty suggestions to add. Lists:
Notes[edit]
- This query gives a list of paintings to possibly add main subjects based on the label. It contains errors and should be sorted out by hand. Variant with even more suggestions, but also more errors
- Query using iconclass for suggestions
- Query to find incomplete Noli me tangere paintings.