Points for the Diligent

Here I am after another beautiful day of walking miles and miles of Italian streets and museums.  I heard that a few of you actually did read the blog yesterday and so I thought you might be motivated to win a few more points today by looking at some more art from the Italian masters.  Before the days of Martin Luther King (who translated the scriptures into the people's common language), the only way the commoner could learn about God was through art that depicted the biblical stories. Let's see how good you are at identifying the stories.

1. For 5 points - What Bible story is this bronze relief depicting?

2.   For 5 points - Name the three figures in this painting.

 3. 

For ten points - Name the painter and the subject of this painting.

4. For 5 points - What is doctrinally wrong with this bronze relief? 

5.  For 5 points - Who is this Apostle? 

6. These last two are really hard and are worth 10 points each - Tell the story depicted in detail in this bronze relief. 

7.  This is a very old mosaic tile in the baptistry of the Duomo of Florence and
it is depicting a very odd scene...what is it?

Can you begin to understand why so many people became confused as the simple truths of the gospel were distorted and lost during the time of the Great Apostasy? Not only could they not read and write, but they had to depend on the twisted and over exaggerated artist renditions of what they understood from the Bible.  Does this make you appreciate the scriptures and the prophets any more?  It is my testimony to you that the gospel of Jesus Christ was restored in its fullness through the prophet Joseph Smith and that you have been born at this great time in the history of man to take that truth to all the world....maybe even here to Italy.