Pentecost In Art: Paintings, Stained Glass Windows, Frescoes And More (PHOTOS)

Click through the slideshow to see artistic depictions of the Pentecost

• Fidel Schabet (1813-1874)

• Crispin van den Broeck (1524-1591) Current location: National Museum of Warsaw

• Bernardo Castello (1557?1629) Current location: Church of S. Ambrogio; Alassio, Italy

• Anthony van Dyck (1599?1641) Current location: Sanssouci Picture Gallery, Potsdam, Germany

• Salomon de Bray (1597?1664)

• Duccio di Buoninsegna (1260-1318) Current location: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo

• Giotto di Bondone (1266?1337) Current location: National Gallery, London

• Jean II Restout (1692-1768)

• Juan Bautista Maino

• Toru?, church of St. James, Descent of the Holy Spirit (Pentecost) painting, early 16th century

• Mosaics on the Rosary Basilica (lower level) : the Pentecost

• The Pentecost, Waldburg-Wolfegg Collection at Wolfegg Castle

• Igreja S?o Sebasti?o, Porto Alegre

• Casa de Oraci?n y Centro de Espiritualidad Carmel Maranath?, Valle de Bravo, Estado de M?xico, M?xico

• Matriz Church, Chaves, Portugal.

• Church of the Assumption, Our Lady's Island, County Wexford, Ireland

• Vitrail de l'Ascencion de la Chapelle Sainte-Barbe du Faou?t

• Kath. Pfarrkirche St. Johannes Baptista, Wuchzenhofen, Stadt Leutkirch im Allg?u

• An icon of the Christian Pentecost, in the Greek Orthodox tradition. This is the Icon of the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles. At the bottom is an allegorical figure, called Kosmos, which symbolizes the world.

Pentecost, the Greek word for 'Shavout' is an ancient feast in Israel that celebrates the harvest and giving of the Torah on Sinai. In the Christian liturgical calendar, Pentecost, observed 50 days after Easter Sunday, marks the end of the Easter season and celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles and other disciples of Jesus. This is narrated in the Acts of the Apostles:

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. (Acts 2:1-4)

Below, a two-minute introduction to Pentecost courtesy of Busted Halo:

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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/19/pentecost-in-art-paintings-stained-glass-windows-frescoes-and-more-photos_n_3303122.html

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