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The Bible talks a lot about \u201cgraven images.\u201d Where does that leave an engraver? Apparently it can lead to them making something called \u201cThe Illustrated Bible in Graven Images.\u201d David Binnig has created a blog with a number of images made from linocuts. I particularly liked the one below, entitled \u201cJudgment of the Gods,\u201d since […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":31638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[800,3076,4029,4167],"class_list":["post-31637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-bible","tag-art","tag-engraving","tag-gods","tag-graven-images"],"yoast_head":"\n
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