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Revision as of 12:10, June 29, 2014
Christian art
(To embellish houses of worship)
Christianity has been for centuries the main subject for western artists. During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, The Roman Catholic Church and The Orthodox Church supported the production of sacred art.
Inmaculada de "El Escorial" by Bartolome Murillo
David by Gianlorenzo Bernini
Repentant Mary Magdalene by Antonio Canova
The Sacrament of the Last Supper by Salvador Dali.
At Torrijos, Spain
Chester Cathedral, England
Grace Cathedral San Francisco
Notre Dame Montreal, Canada
We do not seem to understand that the arts too are supposed to be under the Lordship of Christ. Francis Schaeffer. [1]
Notre-Dame portal of the last judgement, Paris.
See also
- Famous Cathedrals
- Church Altars Gallery
- Famous Bible paintings
- Bible Art Gallery
- Christian Cross
- Christian painting
- Christianity in Conservapedia
- Christmas Paintings
External links
Samson Accusing His Father-in-Law by Rembrandt.
- The Vatican
- Museum of Biblical Art
- Art and the Bible
- THE EARLY CHRISTIAN ART.
- Christian Art CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA.
- Ecclesiastical Art
