Prizewinning author Jonathan Harr embarks on an spellbinding journey to discover the long-lost painting known as The Taking of Christ-its mysterious fate and the circumstances of its disappearance have captivated Caravaggio devotees for years. After Francesca Cappelletti stumbles across a clue in that dusty archive, she tracks the painting across a continent and hundreds of years of history. But it is not until she meets Sergio Benedetti, an art restorer...

"In 2017, Leonardo da Vinci's small oil painting the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction. In the words of its discoverer, the image of Christ as savior of the world is "the rarest thing on the planet." Its $450 million sale price also makes it the world's most expensive painting. For two centuries, art dealers had searched in vain for the Holy Grail of art history: a portrait of Christ as the Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci. Many similar paintings...

God, Jesus, the Holy Ghost, Satan, earth, sin, Christ's death, resurrection and Atonement for sin — through repentance and forgiveness — plus paradise and heaven are all explained. Christ's first gift is automatic resurrection from the dead for all mankind. Christ's second but not automatic gift is that only by obedience to Christ's commandments, all who are worthy shall return to God and become gods also. This temporary earth life is only a tiny...

Uses the words of the Gospels of Luke and Matthew to present the story of the birth of Jesus.

The majestic story of Christmas, from the Annunciation to the Epiphany, has long inspired great artists. The Metropolitan Museum of Art s collection is particularly rich in medieval and Renaissance paintings that depict this timeless story. Gathered here are paintings by Rogier van der Weyden, Petrus Christus, Hans Memling, and Gerard David, among others, sensitively coupled with excerpts from the King James Bible.

Silhouettes against colorful backgrounds accompany verses from the Gospels in retelling the story of the first Christmas. A collection of Christmas verses from the Gospels of Luke and Matthew is illustrated in dark silhouettes with richly colored backgrounds.

Retells the Christmas story using words from the King James Version of the Bible, accompanied by the illustrator's illuminations.

Describes the life of Jesus Christ and presents twenty-four paintings showing scenes from the life of Christ by the fourteenth-century Italian artist Giotto.