The Christian Sacred History – with the Incarnation, Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ at its core – constitutes a central foundation of western culture, and of western art. Countless artworks were dedicated to the portrayal of the life of Christ, as well as to the life of the Madonna and the different saints. In there turn, the iconographic traditions developed for the portrayal of these subjects became a central source of reference for artists depicting other subjects – not necessarily related to Christian Sacred History.