Renaissance and Rise of Humanism in Painting
beauty that characterized the works of art at this time. It tells the narrative story found in Matthew 17:24-27 in which Jesus and His disciples come to Capernaum and are told that they must pay the tribute. Jesus asks Simon Peter whether the children of the king or strangers pay the tribute. Peter answers that strangers pay it. Christ then asserts that the children of the king are thus to be considered free and instructs Peter to catch a fish in the sea, open its mouth and take out the coin he finds therein and use it to pay the tribute. Peter does… Continue Reading...