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Georg Friedrich Kersting, Apollo with the Hors - the painting combines ancient mythology and the symbolic power of the sun god: Apollo as a radiant figure of light, surrounded by the Hors, who embody the cosmic balance of light and time. Photo: Public domain, via: Wikimedia Commons

The sun as a universal symbol of art

The Apostle Paul in a painting by Guercino. Photo: Public domain, via: Wikimedia Commons

Paul – apostle, thinker, world changer

Rembrandt van Rijn, Peter in Prison, 1631, oil on wood. The apostle in his dungeon cell - masterfully staged in the characteristic chiaroscuro of the Amsterdam master. Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Photo: Public domain, via: Wikimedia Commons

The Apostle Peter

Juan Gris, The Bordeaux Bottle (1913). Gris breaks down the everyday object into geometric surfaces and overlapping perspectives: a striking example of his crystalline, architecturally precise Synthetic Cubism. Photo: Public domain, via: Wikimedia Commons

Cubism as a modernist revolution: when reality breaks down

One of the most famous depictions of Thomas the Unbeliever was by Caravaggio. Photo: Public domain, via: Wikimedia Commons

Unbelieving Thomas: doubt as a motif in art history

The most famous depiction of a hare in art is probably "The Hare" by Albrecht Dürer. Photo: Public domain, via: Wikimedia Commons

The hare in art

Henri Matisse, Woman with a Hat, 1905 - The portrait of his wife Amélie with green shadows on her face and a hat of bright colors became a scandalous success at the Paris Autumn Salon and is still one of the key works of Fauvism today. Photo: Public domain, via: Wikimedia Commons

Fauvism: The art of pure color and emotional liberation

The figure of Judas is inextricably linked to the Passion of Christ and has been depicted many times by artists such as Giotto. Photo: Public domain, via: Wikimedia Commons

The traitor as a pictorial motif: Judas in European art history

The Gero cross in Cologne Cathedral is one of the oldest depictions of Christ on the cross. Photo: CC BY-SA 3.0, via: Wikimedia Commons

The cross in art

Still life with skull by Pieter Claesz: an example of the depiction of transience in art. Photo: Public domain, via: Wikimedia Commons

The skull in art: a symbol between transience and eternity

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