New Testament scenes

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Christian iconography biblical scenes iconographic theme religious art subject

New Testament scenes are artistic depictions of events and narratives from the Christian New Testament, such as the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ and the acts of his apostles.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Biblical Scene with Christ Teaching	1
New Testament illustrations	1
New Testament in art	1
New Testament scenes canonical	1
Scenes from the life of Christ	1
scenes from the Acts of the Apostles	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3476298 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New Testament scenes
Context triple: [F. Bol, usedInGenre, New Testament scenes]

A. New Testament Passion narratives
The New Testament Passion narratives are the Gospel accounts that recount Jesus Christ’s suffering, crucifixion, death, and events immediately surrounding them.
B. New Testament miracles and signs
New Testament miracles and signs are the extraordinary deeds and wonders attributed to Jesus and his followers in the New Testament, intended to reveal divine authority and inspire faith.
C. Demonstration of the Gospel
Demonstration of the Gospel is a major apologetic and theological work by Eusebius of Caesarea that argues for the truth of Christianity using Old Testament prophecies and historical evidence.
D. New Testament
The New Testament is the collection of early Christian writings, including the Gospels and apostolic letters, that form the foundational scriptures of Christianity and present the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
E. Gospels and Acts
Gospels and Acts is the New Testament section that narrates the life and teachings of Jesus Christ and the early history of the Christian church.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New Testament scenes
Target entity description: New Testament scenes are artistic depictions of events and narratives from the Christian New Testament, such as the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ and the acts of his apostles.

A. New Testament Passion narratives
The New Testament Passion narratives are the Gospel accounts that recount Jesus Christ’s suffering, crucifixion, death, and events immediately surrounding them.
B. New Testament miracles and signs
New Testament miracles and signs are the extraordinary deeds and wonders attributed to Jesus and his followers in the New Testament, intended to reveal divine authority and inspire faith.
C. Demonstration of the Gospel
Demonstration of the Gospel is a major apologetic and theological work by Eusebius of Caesarea that argues for the truth of Christianity using Old Testament prophecies and historical evidence.
D. New Testament
The New Testament is the collection of early Christian writings, including the Gospels and apostolic letters, that form the foundational scriptures of Christianity and present the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
E. Gospels and Acts
Gospels and Acts is the New Testament section that narrates the life and teachings of Jesus Christ and the early history of the Christian church.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian iconography ⓘ biblical scenes ⓘ iconographic theme ⓘ religious art subject ⓘ
artHistoricalPeriod	19th-century religious art ⓘ Baroque art ⓘ linked to: Baroque Byzantine art ⓘ Gothic art ⓘ Late Antiquity ⓘ Neoclassical art ⓘ linked to: Neoclassicism Renaissance art ⓘ Romanesque art ⓘ contemporary Christian art ⓘ modern Christian art ⓘ
associatedWith	Christian liturgical calendar ⓘ linked to: Christian liturgical year feasts of the Church year ⓘ
depict	events from the New Testament ⓘ narratives from the New Testament ⓘ
function	commemorative ⓘ devotional ⓘ didactic ⓘ liturgical ⓘ
geographicSpread	Africa ⓘ Americas ⓘ Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ Middle East ⓘ
iconographicCycle	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ Last Judgment ⓘ linked to: The Last Judgment Life of Christ ⓘ Passion of Christ ⓘ Resurrection of Christ ⓘ linked to: resurrection of Jesus Christ
include	scenes from the Acts of the Apostles ⓘ linked to: New Testament scenes scenes from the Book of Revelation ⓘ scenes from the Epistles ⓘ scenes from the Gospels ⓘ
influencedBy	artistic conventions of each period ⓘ local devotional practices ⓘ theological interpretation of Scripture ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Greek (New Testament text) ⓘ
mainFigure	Jesus Christ ⓘ
relatedConcept	Christian narrative art ⓘ Old Testament scenes ⓘ biblical illustration ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
subjectMatter	Pentecost ⓘ ascension of Jesus ⓘ linked to: Ascension of Jesus death of Jesus ⓘ life of Jesus ⓘ miracles of Jesus ⓘ mission of the apostles ⓘ resurrection of Jesus ⓘ teachings of Jesus ⓘ visions of Revelation ⓘ
typicalMedium	engraving ⓘ fresco ⓘ manuscript illumination ⓘ mosaic ⓘ painting ⓘ relief sculpture ⓘ sculpture ⓘ stained glass ⓘ tapestry ⓘ woodcut ⓘ
usedIn	altarpieces ⓘ church decoration ⓘ devotional images ⓘ liturgical books ⓘ private devotion ⓘ

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