Crossing Of The Red Sea

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Some of the art of the late Jewish, and Christian are I want to cover are the Crossing of the Red Sea, and the Story of Jonah. In the Crossing of the Red Sea, the painting depicts Moses both parting the red sea for the Hebrew people to flee from the pharos’s army, and Moses unparting the Red Sea to stop the army from following the Hebrew people. In the piece, the iconic image in the scene would be Moses and God’s hand, while the narrative image would be the depiction of the parting, and unparting of the Red Sea. For the iconic image, when Moses is depicted doing supernatural feats pared with God’s hand, it symbolizes God’s presence during the parting and unparting. The narrative image of the painting would be the event of the parting of the

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