The Flood

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biblical scene religious subject in art

The Flood is a famous biblical scene depicting the story of Noah and the great deluge, notably rendered with dramatic intensity in Renaissance art.

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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
The Flood canonical 5
Great Flood 3
Noah's Ark 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical scene ⓘ
religious subject in art ⓘ
artGenre history painting ⓘ
religious painting ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance example of dramatic narrative composition ⓘ
major subject in Renaissance religious art ⓘ
associatedWith Book of Genesis ⓘ
Christian iconography ⓘ
Jewish iconography ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
basedOn The Flood self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Genesis flood narrative
commonMedium engraving ⓘ
fresco ⓘ
illustrated Bible prints ⓘ
oil on canvas ⓘ
wood panel painting ⓘ
depicts Noah ⓘ
ark of Noah ⓘ
attempts to escape rising waters ⓘ
divine judgment ⓘ
human suffering ⓘ
The Flood self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: the great deluge
narrativeSource Book of Genesis ⓘ
surface form: Genesis 6–9
notableDepictionLocation Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
surface form: Sistine Chapel ceiling
notableWorkBy Gustave Doré ⓘ
Michelangelo ⓘ
Nicolas Poussin ⓘ
Paolo Uccello ⓘ
Tintoretto ⓘ
popularPeriod Baroque ⓘ
Renaissance ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
requiresKnowledgeOf Noah’s Ark ⓘ
surface form: Noah’s Ark story
symbolizes God’s wrath ⓘ
new beginning for humanity ⓘ
purification ⓘ
rebirth ⓘ
theme covenant ⓘ
divine punishment ⓘ
human sin ⓘ
repentance ⓘ
salvation ⓘ
visualMotif animals boarding the ark ⓘ
ark in the distance ⓘ
drowning figures ⓘ
mountain peaks above water ⓘ
storm clouds ⓘ
turbulent waters ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes → depicts → The Flood ⓘ
William Ryan → knownFor → The Flood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Noah's Flood hypothesis
Selah → hasLyricReference → The Flood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Noah's Ark
Cleanness → containsEpisode → The Flood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Story of Noah and the Flood
Coat of arms of Armenia → featuresElement → The Flood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Noah's Ark
Noah → associatedWithEvent → The Flood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Flood
Sistine Chapel → hasArtwork → The Flood ⓘ
Primeval history → coversTopic → The Flood ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Flood
The Four Seasons → depicts → The Flood ⓘ
subject surface form: The Four Seasons (Poussin)
The Four Seasons → depicts → The Flood ⓘ
subject surface form: Winter (Poussin)
Methuselah → livedBeforeEvent → The Flood ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Flood of Noah
Methuselah → diedInSameYearAs → The Flood ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Flood of Noah (traditional chronology)
Prophet Noah → associatedEvent → The Flood ⓘ
subject surface form: Noah
this entity surface form: the great flood
people of Noah → associatedEvent → The Flood ⓘ
subject surface form: People of Noah
this entity surface form: Great Flood
people of Noah → associatedWith → The Flood ⓘ
subject surface form: People of Noah
this entity surface form: Ark of Noah
Sumerian King List → includesEvent → The Flood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Flood
Great Flood in Greek mythology → hasParallelIn → The Flood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Biblical Flood of Noah
Paolo Uccello → notableWork → The Flood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scenes from the Life of Noah
God’s Trombones → hasPart → The Flood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Noah Built the Ark
The Flood → basedOn → The Flood self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Genesis flood narrative
The Flood → depicts → The Flood self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: the great deluge
Drunkenness of Noah → followsEvent → The Flood ⓘ
Noah's Flood: The New Scientific Discoveries About The Event That Changed History → mainSubject → The Flood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Noah's Flood
Japheth → associatedWithEvent → The Flood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Genesis Flood
Noahic covenant → madeAfter → The Flood ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Genesis flood