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So much art has been created out of the dramatic events described in the book of Exodus. Let's explore it just a bit!
This Renaissance masterpiece by the Italian artist was carved from a single block of white marble! The details are astonishing and the complete sculpture exudes an air of an Ancient Greek deity. The muscular Hebrew leader is seated on a throne, holding the tablets of the Ten Commandments in his left hand, while his right hand grasps his long beard. But the most famous part of this sculpture is the horns that sprout from his dome. It is unclear whether Michelangelo the horns were an artistic interpretation or the result of a mistranslation of Moses' radiant face, which has the same Hebrew root as horn (qeren קרן)
The Dutch painter Rembrandt depicts one of the most dramatic twists in the Bible in general and Exodus in particular: Moses coming down from Mount Sinai with the two tabletsof the Ten Commandments, right before he sees the Hebrews worshiping the golden calf. Rembrandt had Moses thrust the tablets to the sky just as his face looks sad and puzzled at the breaking of the first commandment, to not worship any other god but him. This is like a freeze frame of the crucial mili-second that inhabits Moses when his euphoria meets his chagrin. Next up: breaking the tablets in a fit of rage.
French painter Jacques Tissot combined realism with impressionism in this painting from around the year 1900
An early modern European etching of the second plague of Exodus. Notice that Aaron is doing nothing
An 18th century etching of the third plague, with colors. It's part of the German Collection des Prospects
The Italian patiner and architect Federico Zuccaro painted around 1600 a scene in classic Renaissance Greek-Roman style
Wood engraving by the 19th century French artist and illustrator Gustave Doré, as part of his series of 241 biblical engravings
This painting was printed in 1483 in Nuremburg, Germany. The artist is anonymous
19th century British painter JMW Turner called this painting The Fifth Plague, though it depicts the seventh one, hail and fire
A Christian twist in Saint Augustine vanquishing the Plague of Locusts by the
18th century Spanish painter Meléndez
A second appearance for Gustave Doré on this list, with another wood engraving as part of his 241 piece collection
Painted by Charles Sprague Peace, a 19th century American painter
A colored wood engraving by French illustrator Gustave Doré
This evocative romantic landscape painting gives JMW Turner a third appearance here
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