The Parables, Eugene Burnand (1850-1921)

The Parables, Eugene Burnand (1850-1921)

Mark 4:34 Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained all things. This drawing is just so delightful. It makes you feel as if you are walking along on some errand or ordinary task and you pass by a group of men...
Sermon on the Mount, Vassily Polenov (1844-1927)

Sermon on the Mount, Vassily Polenov (1844-1927)

This is an intriguingly simple painting of Jesus. It is more of a landscape than a portrait with the large looming backdrop of the great purple shadowy side of a mountain. The composition seems at first as casual as a snapshot and there are no other figures or...