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06/10/2026

✝️ NICCOLÒ DELL’ARCA’S LAMENTATION OVER THE DEAD CHRIST 1463–1490 🙏🏼

The sculptural group of the Compianto sul Cristo morto (‘Lamentation over the Dead Christ’) by Niccolò dell’Arca is located in the main chapel of the Church of Santa Maria della Vita, Bologna. This dramatic depiction of sorrow and death was commissioned by the brotherhood of the Battuti Bianchi around 1463 and consists of a group of life-sized figures – the Madonna and the Three Marys, St John the Apostle and Joseph of Arimathea – weeping over the dead body of Christ, which is laid out between them ready for deposition in the tomb

• The Virgin Mary: Hands clasped, body collapsed inward in maternal desolation.
• Mary Magdalene: The most dynamic figure—rushing forward with mouth open in a scream, robes and drapery billowing as if in a violent wind.
• Mary of Cleophas: Hands thrust forward as if to shield herself from the unbearable sight.
• Mary Salome: Clutches or digs into her thighs/knees in anguish, struggling to stay upright.
• Saint John the Evangelist: More restrained, hand supporting his chin in silent, paralyzed weeping.
• Joseph of Arimathea (or Nicodemus): Often shown kneeling or set slightly apart, in contemporary Renaissance dress, sometimes holding tools

21/09/2026

ACTS OF FAITH: CATHOLICISM IN MID-20TH CENTURY ITALIAN PHOTOGRAPHY pt.1

1. Vittorio Ronconi, Mitico Solidarietà, Romagnola (Mythical)

2. Nino Migliori, Portatore di Pane (Bearer of Bread),

3. Ulisse Bezzi, In Preghiera (In Prayer), 1970

4. Vittorio Ronconi, Sintesi (Synthesis), 1956

5. Tullio Stravisi, Salvataggio (Rescue), 1954

6. Nino Migliori, M’illumino d’immenso (I Light Up the

7. Franco Antonaci, Madri e Sorelle (Mothers and Sisters)

8. Pepi Merisio, Morte dello Zio Angelo (The Death of Uncle Angelo), 1963

9. Carlo Bevilacqua, Venerdi Santo (Good Friday), c. 1955

10. Nino Migliori, Rosario (Rosary), 1957

11. Antonio Masotti, Alleluja! (Hallelujah!), 1957

12. Mario Finocchiaro, Ringraziamento,Sant’Alfio (Thanksgiving), 1958

13.Mario Finocchiaro, Miracoli, Sant’Alfio (Miracles),

14. Vittorio Roncon, Migrazione (Migration), c. 1960

14/09/2026

🎨Christ Carrying the Cross 1505 by Titian✝️

oil-on-canvas painting by Titian
67 × 77 cm, now in the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid

a close-up, intimate view of Christ (wearing the crown of thorns, with blood and tears visible, a rope around his neck, and a white garment) bearing a large wooden cross diagonally across the composition. An older, bearded man identified as Simon of Cyrene assists him by supporting the cross. Christ looks directly at the viewer with a sorrowful, tearful expression that invites empathy and devotion. The background is dark, emphasizing the figures and the emotional intensity through Titian’s late style of loose, expressive brushwork and layered colors

signed it “TITIANVS · AEQ: CAES · F ·” (Titian, Knight of Caesar, made this), referring to the knighthood granted by Emperor Charles V; the signature appears on the cross.

13/09/2026

☠️Death Row: Last Statements p.2☠️

📍Texas

Inmates often take the opportunity to express their final thoughts through last statements. Many of these statements reveal a profound engagement with spirituality, as a significant number of inmates invoke God or Jesus in their messages. This reflects a search for solace and redemption in their final moments, as they grapple their impending fate. Some may express remorse for their actions, while others seek forgiveness from both God and the victims’ families, indicating a desire for reconciliation before death.

Additionally, these statements can be seen as an attempt to leave behind a legacy that transcends their crimes, framing their narratives within a spiritual context that resonates with many who hear them.

07/09/2026

🪖vintage bullet pocket shrines ✝️

These became especially popular among soldiers in the trenches of World War I, particularly in France. They provided a sense of divine protection amid the horrors of mechanized warfare

Genuine soldier-made ones from real casings

examples from WWI France are shaped like a bullet cartridge. Some twist open to reveal a small statuette inside (commonly the Virgin Mary). Others were made by hollowing out actual spent cartridge cases to hold religious icons.

They are miniature shrines or reliquaries designed to fit in a pocket usually carried in the chest pocket

06/09/2026

✝️ Various Jesus Christ GIFs from Animation Factory🙏🏼

Founded in 1996, Animation factory .com is a massive subscription based library with assorted GIFs of a variety of art usually used as clipart on PowerPoints.

These are some fun ones I found of Jesus Christ.

01/09/2026

🎨Various artworks by 🙏🏼

Manuel Piedra Jr. (known artistically as Manny Manuel or MANNY MANUEL) is a Harlem-based contemporary visual artist born in 1997 in New York. He is of Puerto Rican (Boricua) and Ecuadorian heritage.

He works from a studio in Harlem and has been active as a full-time artist in New York City. By around 2022 (a few years after graduating high school in 2015), he was already painting, drawing, doing camera work, and exploring film.

Using acrylic, oil, and mixed media, he builds atmospheric compositions in which form and feeling like a blur, sometimes transforming traditional sacred imagery with surreal, cartoonish facial features

These pieces form part of the body of work shown during his 2026 solo exhibition and residency titled “MANNY MANUEL” at AM:PM Gallery in Brooklyn (108 Marcy Ave)

28/08/2026

🎨Mount Golgotha by
M. Minoriv (2016) ✝️

oil on canvas height: 180 cm (70.8 in); width: 100 cm (39.3 in)

Jesus hangs on a rough wooden cross with arms outstretched and head tilted upward (looking toward heaven). He wears a crown of thorns and a white loincloth. Blood is visible on his body, hands, side, and dripping down the cross from the nail wounds in his feet. A wooden plaque at the top of the cross bears the traditional “INRI” inscription (Latin abbreviation for “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews”).

On the right, a seated figure in a red robe,
possibly Mary Magdalene.

A human skull lies at the base of the cross (a traditional reference to Golgotha, “the place of the skull,” and to Adam). The rocky ground and sparse setting emphasize the isolation of the scene.

On the left, a standing figure in a long, dark green hooded robe likely the Virgin Mary faces the cross in a posture of mourning or prayer, head bowed.

Background and atmosphere: A turbulent, dark sky with swirling clouds in deep reds, blacks, and muted tones creates a stormy, dramatic effect.
JesusSaves

27/08/2026

Untitled by Mironov Andrey

canvas/oil 120cm x 80cm

9/16/2025

The work shows a modern soldier in the chaos of battle (smoke, other troops, aircraft/drones, explosions, discarded helmet) being held and supported by Christ. His arms are in the crucifixion position as Christ holds him with a golden halo

25/08/2026

🎨Carl Heinrich Bloch-Gethsemane ✝️

1873 104 × 83 cm oil-on-copper

Painted for the King’s Oratory (praying chamber) in the church of Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerød, Denmark.

Jesus, wearing a red robe, kneels at the base of a tree in a state of deep sorrow and contemplation, hands clasped in prayer. A serene angel in white gently rests a hand on his arm (or supports him), offering divine comfort and strength amid his emotional and spiritual turmoil.
Jesussaves

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