A fresco in the chancel from the book of Revelation with the enthroned Christ on rainbows surrounded by angels with the sword and olive branch from his mouth.

In addition to the Last Supper, note the panels above with Gethsemane, the betrayal of Christ, and the crucifixion.

Note Santa Spirito with the temptation of Christ atop the pediment

"Christ seen as healer and personal Savior."

Described by some scholars as the earliest image of the universal mission of Christ to the Gentiles, this very early fresco in the Capella Greca of the Catacomb of Priscilla shows the three magi bringing gifts to a seated ...

Balaam is pointing to the star above Mary's head, Catacomb of Priscilla. A reference to Numbers 24:17.

As we move toward an understanding of the transition from martyrdom to the veneration of martyrs we can do so through an understanding of the iconography of the martyr-hero in terms of feast, image, heroa, and dome. Here ...

Jesus at the well talking to the Samaritan woman

Inside the Sistine Chapel, the lower range of frescos. The fresco of the temptation of Christ painted by Botticelli contains the façade of the hospital of Santa Spirito.

Below Christ enthroned as lawgiver, four local martyrs stand around a second representation of Christ as the lamb who stands upon a mountain from which flow rivers of living water. The image, Biblical in origin, emphasizes ...