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During the [[Middle Ages]] and the [[Renaissance]], The Roman [[Catholic Church]] and The [[Orthodox Church]] supported the production of sacred [[art]]; outstanding painters were [[Giotto di Bondone]], [[Hans Memling]], [[Pietro Perugino]], [[Albrecht Dürer]], [[Leonardo da Vinci]], [[Michelangelo]], and [[Raphael]]. In the Medieval painting ''it was the Byzantines who determined how to depict human figures... the driving concern of the Byzantine style is the awe-inspiring presentation of holy figures, and to this end they are portrayed in hieratic (stiff and formal) postures, halo-crowned and serene of expression'' [http://essentialhumanities.net/paint3.html] | During the [[Middle Ages]] and the [[Renaissance]], The Roman [[Catholic Church]] and The [[Orthodox Church]] supported the production of sacred [[art]]; outstanding painters were [[Giotto di Bondone]], [[Hans Memling]], [[Pietro Perugino]], [[Albrecht Dürer]], [[Leonardo da Vinci]], [[Michelangelo]], and [[Raphael]]. In the Medieval painting ''it was the Byzantines who determined how to depict human figures... the driving concern of the Byzantine style is the awe-inspiring presentation of holy figures, and to this end they are portrayed in hieratic (stiff and formal) postures, halo-crowned and serene of expression'' [http://essentialhumanities.net/paint3.html] | ||
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Christian paintings
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Petite Gallery of Christian paintings
Padre Eterno by Jose Maria Velasco.
The Rest on the Flight to Egypt by Anthony van Dyck.
The Holy Family on the Steps by Nicolas Poussin.
The Kiss of Judas by Giotto di Bondone
La Dolorosa by Cristóbal de Villalpando.
Dispute Over the Sacrament by Raphael.
Our Lady of Guadalupe
The Vision of St. Bernard by Pietro Perugino.
Aparición de San Pedro a San Pedro Nolasco by Francisco de Zurbarán.
Rosary feast by Albrecht Dürer.
The Last Judgement by Hans Memling.
Brief history of Christian paintings
The early Christian paintings were the wall frescoes of the Catacombs of Rome. The earliest works tend to employ Christian symbols (e.g. bread, wine, or the fish symbolizing Jesus)... The Early Christian period also includes the earliest known European illuminated manuscripts. [1] The imagery of the catacombs consisted of cryptic, if not hermetic, symbols of the salvation of the soul: orans figures, parable incidents, Old Testament parallels such as Noah in the Ark. [2]
- Adam and Eve fresco PD.jpg
Adam and Eve fresco.
Good Shepherd fresco.
According to legend, St. Luke the Evangelist was also the first Christian painter, and had painted the Virgin Mary from life. As a consequence he was the patron saint of painters. [3]
Luke's icon
St. Luke handing the icon painted by him to the Mother of God
During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, The Roman Catholic Church and The Orthodox Church supported the production of sacred art; outstanding painters were Giotto di Bondone, Hans Memling, Pietro Perugino, Albrecht Dürer, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. In the Medieval painting it was the Byzantines who determined how to depict human figures... the driving concern of the Byzantine style is the awe-inspiring presentation of holy figures, and to this end they are portrayed in hieratic (stiff and formal) postures, halo-crowned and serene of expression [4]
In Modern Times main Christian painters were, among a long list, El Greco, Nicolas Poussin, Francisco de Zurbarán, Anthony van Dyck, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Cristóbal de Villalpando, Miguel Cabrera and Salvador Dalí.
Heinrich Hofmann (1824 - 1911) painted four of the most famous Christian works; his painting, Christ in Gethsemane (1890), is one of the most copied in the world. Warner Sallman (Chicago, 1892 – 1968), a Christian painter, made The Head of Christ, a well known portrait of Christ of which more than 500 million copies have been sold. [5]
The Head of Christ by Warner Sallman, 1941.
See also
- Painting Galleries
- Famous Bible paintings
- Virgin Mary gallery
- Christian art
- Hagia Sophia
- Christmas Paintings
External links
- Religious Painting Catholic Encyclopedia.
- Rare Portraits of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
- http:// www.fisheaters.com/images.html Sacred Images:Statues and Other Icons. (please join url)
- Medieval Painting.
- Christian Masterpieces
- Coptic Christian Paintings
