Ten Commandments Framed Art

The Decalogue, as the Ten Commandments are commonly referred to was written in stone and they included clear instructions of how to worship God. They also highlight the prohibitions and referred to many of the most common crimes, which made them particularly useful for maintaining social cohesion and order. Not surprisingly, different religious groups embraced them in one way or the other, although the ones that Framed Ten Commandments Art refer to are the ones celebrated in the Hebrew Bible.

The term was coined by the Geneva Bible first, with the 10 Commandments becoming universally known, even by non-Christians. In modern times, laws have replaced and clarified many of the instructions contained in the commandments, yet the core ideas were still upheld. Framed Ten Commandments Artranges from posters focusing almost exclusively on the instructions, to paintings featuring Moses. Rembrandt has painted the most famous masterpiece, which goes by the name of Moses Smashing the Tablets of the Law, just before he wholeheartedly embraces the word of God.