Praying the Rosary with Great Works of Art

I've created a booklet of some of my favorite works of art (10MB PDF) – 21 works of art, spanning 500 years. I tried to make the paintings as large as possible on letter-sized paper. It looks fairly good when printed on a black-and-white laser printer. Also available as a Flickr Set.

Great art like this can be helpful in praying the rosary. All of the mysteries of the rosary are represented in the paintings below.


The Annunciation, Tiepolo (1696-1749), pen and brown ink, brown wash
www.christies.com/LotFinder/LargeImage.aspx?image=/lotfin...


The Visit of Mary to Elisabeth, Giotto (1266-1337), fresco
www.wga.hu/art/g/giotto/padova/2virgin/mary10.jpg


The Nativity, Giotto (1304-06), fresco
www.wga.hu/art/g/giotto/padova/3christ/scenes_1/chris01.jpg


Adoration of the Shepherds, Ghirlandaio (1485), wood
i165.photobucket.com/albums/u59/teamrcia/shepher.jpg


Icon of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple, Andrei Rublev, 1405, tempera on wood
02varvara.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/entrnce-of-our-lord...


Christ Among the Doctors, Dürer (1506), oil on panel
www.dl.ket.org/webmuseum/wm/paint/auth/durer/doctors.jpg


The Baptism of Jesus Christ, El Greco (1608), oil on canvas
www.wga.hu/art/g/greco_el/12/1208grec.jpg


The Marriage at Cana, Master of the Catholic Kings (1495), oil on panel
lh4.ggpht.com/_OGlO8jr4HxY/SAj-nTw-lZI/AAAAAAAAADk/Rjx5EL...


Jesus Preaching (“La Tombe”), Rembrandt (1652), etching
www.rembrandtpainting.net/rmbrndt_etchings/etchings_h/ima...


Transfiguration, Fra Angelico (1439-1443), fresco
www.wga.hu/art/a/angelico/09/cells/06_trans.jpg


Institution of the Eucharist, Fra Angelico (1450), fresco
www.museumsyndicate.com/images/3/23723.jpg


Agony in the Garden, Botticelli (1500), tempera on panel
www.wga.hu/art/b/botticel/91late/12agony.jpg


Flagellation, Duccio (1308-11), tempera on wood
www.wga.hu/art/d/duccio/buoninse/maesta/verso_2/verso16.jpg


Christ Mocked (Crowning with Thorns), Bosch (1495-1500), oil on wood
www.wga.hu/art/b/bosch/5panels/18mocked.jpg


Christ Carrying the Cross, Bosch (1490), oil on panel
www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bosch/carrying/carrying.jpg


Crucifixion, Giotto (1304-06), Giotto, fresco
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Pieta, Michelangelo (1499)
Photo by Ioja, www.flickr.com/photos/ioja/591752444/


The Resurrection, El Greco, (1577-79), oil on canvas
www.seeingjesus.me/holyimage/5.resurrection/4/12.The%20Re...


Supper at Emmaus, Rembrandt (1648)
www.christusrex.org/www2/art/images/rembrandt03a.jpg


Ascension of Christ, Russian, 16th century icon
campus.belmont.edu/honors/FestalIcons/16thRusAscension.jpg


Pentecost, Duccio (1308-11), tempera on wood
www.wga.hu/art/d/duccio/buoninse/maesta/crown_v/cro_v_h.jpg


Assumption of the Virgin, Gherarducci (1365), tempera on wood
www.wga.hu/art/g/gherardu/assumpti.jpg


Madonna del Magnificat, Botticelli (1480-81), tempera on panel
muvtor.btk.ppke.hu/reneszansz/Botticelli_1483-85%20Magnif...


The Last Judgment, Michelangelo (1534-1541), fresco
crossbr.googlepages.com/Michelangelo_Last_Judgement_Chris...