Christian iconography
Iconography, as a branch of art history, studies the identification, description and interpretation of the content of images: the subjects depicted, the particular compositions and details used to do so, and other elements that are distinct from artistic style. The word iconography comes from the Greek εἰκών ("image") and γράφειν ("to write" or to draw).
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Judith beheading Holofernes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how artists such as Gentileschi, Caravaggio and Klimt responded to this Bible story of the widow who killed an enemy general to save her people.
14 February 2019
Featuring: Susan Foister, John Gash, Ela Nutu Hall
Typology
An exploration of typology - how characters and stories in the Hebrew Bible, or what Christians call the Old Testament, are believed to be predictions of the New Testament.
17 April 2025
Featuring: Miri Rubin, Harry Spillane, Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe