Christian Art a woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld from 1858

A woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794-1872) for the title page of the German periodical Christliches Kunstblatt fuer Kirche, Schule und Haus (Christian Art Newspaper for Church, School, and House) in 1858.  The monogram of von Carolsfeld is in the lower righthand corner.  In an ingenious way von Carolsfeld depicts the church as a…

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Lutheran Art

The American Flag of the Cross While Denmark was the first of the Scandinavian countries to adopt a white cross on a field of red for use as its national banner, in time this design was adopted by the other Scandinavian countries as well:  Sweden and Norway, as well as Finland.  Iceland adopted it, also. This…

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