The great church father Augustine said of Jesus during his own Christ Awakening experience: “You sparkled, you burned, and you drove away my blindness so that now I pant for you alone.”
Through the centuries, as their blindness was driven away, artists of every culture and every stream of the Church have used art to express the glory of Jesus. There are some wonders that words can’t convey.
Press Play to watch this unique video about artists’ perspectives on Jesus down through the ages. Let it help you admire the matchless wonders of God’s Son, from incarnation to crucifixion to resurrection to ascension — as his story directs you to who he is right now.
Use the list below or download the information sheet to discover the artist, title, year, and place of the artwork. The video features excerpts of Handel’s Messiah.
| # | ARTIST | TITLE | YEAR | PLACE |
| 1 | Jan Gossaert | The Adoration of the Kings | 1510 | Germany |
| 2 | Unknown | Madonna and Child | 556 | Italy |
| 3 | Georges de la Tour | The Newborn Child | 1648 | France |
| 4 | Rembrandt | The Adoration of the Shepherds | 1646 | Netherlands |
| 5 | Rembrandt | Simeon Holding the Christ Child | 1669 | Netherlands |
| 6 | Giotto di Bondone | Madonna and Child | 1266 | Italy |
| 7 | Agha Behzad | The Wise Men from the East | Unknown | Iran |
| 8 | Guido Reni | The Holy Family with an Angel | 1575 | Italy |
| 9 | Andrea Mantegna | The Adoration of the Magi | 1495 | Italy |
| 10 | Gerard David | The Rest on the Flight into Egypt | 1937 | Netherlands |
| 11 | Rembrandt | Christ and His Parents Returning from the Temple | 1654 | Netherlands |
| 12 | Frank Wesley | Jesus as a Boy in the Village | Unknown | India |
| 13 | Belbello de Pavia | A Young Christ Blessing | 1430 | Unknown |
| 14 | Paris Bordone | The Baptism of Christ | 1500 | Italy |
| 15 | Juan Carreña de Miranda | Christ Baptized | 1682 | Unknown |
| 16 | Monika Liu Ho-Peh | The Stilling of the Tempest | 1950 | China |
| 17 | Unknown | The Good Shepherd | 250 | Greece |
| 18 | Jean Béraud | Christ in the House of the Pharisee | 1891 | France |
| 19 | Bartolomé Esteban Murillo | Christ Healing the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda | 1667 | Spain |
| 20 | Duccio di Buoninsegna | The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew | 1278 | Italy |
| 21 | Master of Reyes Católicos | The Marriage at Cana | 1500 | Spain |
| 22 | Jan van Hemessen | Arise, Take Up Thy Bed, and Walk | 1500 | Belgium |
| 23 | Rembrandt | Christ with the Sick around Him, Receiving Little Children | 1649 | Netherlands |
| 24 | Jacques Callot | Jesus and Saint Peter on the Water | 1610 | France |
| 25 | Lucas van Leyden | The Raising of Lazarus | 1507 | Netherlands |
| 26 | Wilson Benoit | The Wedding at Cana | 1951 | Haiti |
| 27 | Alessandro Magnasco | Christ and the Samaritan Woman | 1705-10 | Italy |
| 28 | Getty Images | The Good Shepherd | Unknown | Myanmar |
| 29 | Getty Images | The Good Shepherd | Unknown | United States |
| 30 | Bernardino Mei | Christ Cleansing the Temple | 1655 | Italy |
| 31 | El Greco | Cleansing the Temple | 1541 | Spain |
| 32 | Leonardo da Vinci | The Last Supper | 1495 | Italy |
| 33 | Getty Images | The Last Supper | Unknown | Ethiopia |
| 34 | Unknown | The Washing of the Disciples’ Feet | 1480 | Germany |
| 35 | William Dyce | Man of Sorrows | 1860 | Great Britain |
| 36 | Richard West | Gethsemane | 1954 | US |
| 37 | Getty Images | The Kiss of Judas Iscariot | Unknown | Israel |
| 38 | Martin Schongauer | The Betrayal and Capture of Christ | 1480 | Germany |
| 39 | Fra Angelico | The Mocking of the Christ | 1441 | Italy |
| 40 | Juan Martínez Montañés | Jesús de la Pasión | 1619 | Spain |
| 41 | Unknown | El Señor de los Temblores | 1570 | Peru |
| 42 | Ridolfo Ghirlandaio | Procession to Calvary | 1505 | Italy |
| 43 | Israel van Meckenem | The Crowning with Thorns | 1480 | Germany |
| 44 | Kanwal Krishna | Christ | 1958 | India |
| 45 | Giandomenico Tiepolo | Jesus Falls Under the Cross | 1749 | Italy |
| 46 | Luca Giordano | The Raising of the Cross | 1692 | Italy |
| 47 | Francisco de Zurbarán | Christ on the Cross | 1627 | Spain |
| 48 | Umbrian Master | Man of Sorrows | 1255-60 | Italy |
| 49 | Matthias Grünewald | The Crucifixion (Isenheim Altarpiece) | 1512-15 | Italy |
| 50 | Rembrandt | Three Crosses | 1653 | Netherlands |
| 51 | Rogier van der Weyden | The Seven Sacraments | 1445-50 | Denmark |
| 52 | Matthias Grünewald | The Small Crucifixion | 1511-20 | Germany |
| 53 | Elimo Philippa Njau | The Crucifixion | 1959 | East Africa |
| 54 | Marco Pino | Christ on the Cross with Saints Mary, John the Evangelist, and Catherine of Siena | 1570 | Italy |
| 55 | Gaspar Ferreira | The Crucifixion | 1619 | China |
| 56 | Philome Obin | The Crucifixion | Unknown | Haiti |
| 57 | Getty Images | Interior of Se Cathedral | Unknown | India |
| 58 | Getty Images | Mission Concepción Crucifixion | Unknown | United States |
| 59 | Michelangelo | The Pietá | 1497 | Italy |
| 60 | Peter Paul Rubens | The Deposition of Christ | 1602 | France |
| 61 | Rembrandt | The Descent from the Cross | 1633 | Netherlands |
| 62 | Rogier van der Weyden | The Deposition of Christ | 1435 | Belgium |
| 63 | Jehangir Sabavala | Pietá | Unknown | India |
| 64 | Arup Das | Agony | Unknown | India |
| 65 | Hans Holbein | The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb | 1521 | Germany |
| 66 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 67 | Matthias Grünewald | The Resurrection of Christ | 1510 | Italy |
| 68 | Unknown | Christ and His Disciples | Unknown | Egypt |
| 69 | Titian | Noli me Tangere | 1514 | France |
| 70 | Albrecht Dürer | The Incredulity of St. Thomas | 1511 | Germany |
| 71 | Tintoretto | Christ at the Sea of Galilee | 1575 | Italy |
| 72 | Unknown | Mosaic depicting Jesus Christ with six apostles in the apse of the Basilica S. Andrea cata Barbar | 1690 | Italy |
| 73 | Rogier van der Weyden | The Last Judgment | 1445-50 | France |
| 74 | Albrecht Dürer | The Ascension of Christ | 1509 | Germany |
| 75 | Schelte Bolswert | The Ascension of Christ | 1600 | Germany |
| 76 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 77 | Pacino di Buonaguida | The Ascension of Christ | 1340 | Italy |
| 78 | Unknown | The Ascension | 1170 | Germany |
| 79 | Getty Images | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 80 | Unknown | The Ascension | 1386 | Turkey |
| 81 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 82 | Salvador Dalí | The Ascension of Christ | 1958 | Spain |
| 83 | Getty Images | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 84 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 85 | Getty Images | Jesus Monument | Unknown | Indonesia |
| 86 | Getty Images | Jesus Christ | Unknown | Turkey |
| 87 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
