Images
Similar images according to theme are chosen, left from the Christian, and right from the Islamic tradition
Creation
-Alan Stecker Genesis: Let there be light, Georgia, USA https://alanstecker.artspan.com/
-Wazir Khan Mosque, Lahore, Iran
Creation of Humankind
-Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam, 1508–1512.Sistine Chapel Rome
-Angels Bow before Adam and Eve (Hawwa) in Paradise,
The dispersed Falnama, Iran, Qazvin, Safavid period, mid 1550’s
Courtesy of The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington DC
Paradise Lost
-Masaccio Expulsion of Adam and Eve or Expulsion from Paradise, 1425 Brancacci Chapel, Florence
-Adam and Eve (Hawwa), The dispersed Falnama, Iran, Qazvin, Safavid period, mid 1550’s Courtesy of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington DC
Fratricide
-Cain kills Abel with bludgeon 12th-13th century Mosaic
Cathedral of the Assumption, Monreale, Sicily
Svend Rathsack, Cain unde Abel, 1910
-The two sons of Adam, Habil and Qabil, the Falnama of Ahmed, courtesy of the Topkapi museum Istanbul
Noah Nuh
-Noah embarks on Ark, France 1260-70 Dijon ms 0562 Elminures
-Noah’s Ark, miniature from Hafiz-I Abru’s Majma al-tawarikh, Iran (Afghanistan), Herat c. 1425, Courtesy of the David Collection, Copenhagen
Abraham Ibrahim
-Rembrandt 1635, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
-Ibrahim and Ismael, Falnama, Persian/Mogul origin, 1600, Wereldmuseum Rotterdam
Lot Lut
-Lot’s wife, John Bulloch Souter 1890-1971 Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums.
-Mount Sodom and a rock formation venerated as Lot’s wife as a pillar of salt. It is located at the Jordan site of the Dead Sea.
Joseph Joesoef
Joseph in Egypt Pontormo, 1518, National Gallery London
Joseph in the pit (or prison?) Persian Falnama, last quarter 16th century , Topkapi museum, Istanbul
Joseph enthroned, Falnama India 1610, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington DC
David Dawoed
Solomon Soelamain
Jona Joenoes
Job Jaoeb
Zachariah and Mary
-Titian, The Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple, 1534–1538, Galleria dell’Accademia Venice – detail
Mariotto Albertinelli, The Visitation, 1503, Uffizi Museum, Florence,
Virgin Mary with baby
Theotokos Hodgetria, (with angels) Greek orthodox, 16th century?
Virgin Mary/Maryam and baby, Falnama, Persian/Mogul origin, 1600, Wereldmuseum Rotterdam
Jesus
-Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1310,The raising of Lazarus, Kimbell Art Museum
-Jesus raising the dead, Falnama India, 1610-1630, Nour Foundation, Courtesy of Khalili Family Trust
Jesus Crucified?
-Gero Cross late 10th century, Cologne Cathedral, Germany
Last Judgment
Hell
Heavenly City Paradise gardens
– New Jerusalem ?
– Paradise gardens ?
Common Values
– Arabic calligraphy – Salaam – Peace
– Dove, with olive twig in its beak form rom the story of Noach,
Then the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf was in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
Attributes of God Allah
Image of God the Father ‘Ancient of Days’ in the Capernaum Greek Orthodox Church, Israel
-Bismillah Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim, “In the name of God, most Gracious, most Compassionate”.