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[[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]].   
 
[[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]].   
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[[Image:Gerard van Honthorst Nativity.jpg|thumbnail|700px|center|Adoration of the Shepherds by Gerard van Honthorst]]
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[[File:Alonso Cano Jesus and the Samaritan Woman.jpg|thumb|500px|center|[[Alonso Cano]], Jesus and the Samaritan Woman.]]
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[[File:Bloch-SermonOnTheMount.jpg|thumbnail|500px|center|Painting: [[Sermon on the Mount]] by Carl Bloch (1877)]]
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[[Image:Bellini The Transfiguration.jpg|thumb|center|500px|The Transfiguration by [[Giovanni Bellini]].]]
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[[File:Assisi Frescoes-entry-into-jerusalem Palm Sunday PDWC.jpg|thumbnail|700px|center|"Triumphal [[User:Conservative/mailbox|Entry]] into Jerusalem" by Pietro Lorenzetti, Fresco. Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi. Lower Basilica, [[User:Conservative/Music & Thinking|Assisi]], Italy. 1320.]]
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[[Image:Last supper.jpg|thumbnail|center|700px|The Last Supper]]
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[[File:La descente de croix Rubens.jpg|thumbnail|500px|center|Descent from the Cross, depicted by Rubens]]
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[[File:Fra Angelico Lamentacion por la muerte de Cristo.jpg|thumbnail|center|700px|Lamentacion Sobre Cristo by Fra Angelico]]
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[[File:The Conversion of St Paul by Nicolas-Bernard Lepicie, 1767.JPG|thumbnail|center|500px|The conversion of [[Saint Paul|Paul]] by the painter Nicolas-Bernard Lepicie]]
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[[File:Rembrandt Samson Accusing His Father-in-Law.jpg|thumb|Samson Accusing His Father-in-Law by [[Rembrandt]].]]
 
[[File:Rembrandt Samson Accusing His Father-in-Law.jpg|thumb|Samson Accusing His Father-in-Law by [[Rembrandt]].]]
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*[http://www.Vatican.va The Vatican]
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*[https://christian.net/resources/notable-christian-art-around-the-world/ Notable Christian Art Around The World], Christian.net
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*[https://kuadros.com/en-us/blogs/art-curiosities/las-10-pinturas-religiosas-mas-famosas-del-arte-occidental The Story Behind the 10 Most Famous Religious Paintings in Western Art], Kuadros (Art website)
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*[https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-religious-image-paintings/reference List of Famous Religious Image Paintings (All or near all Christian)], Ranker.com
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*[https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/18-paintings-christians-see/ 18 Paintings Christians Should See], The Gospel Coalition
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*[http://www.ou.edu/class/ahi4263/byzantine.html THE EARLY CHRISTIAN ART.]  
 
*[http://www.mobia.org/ Museum of Biblical Art]
 
*[http://www.mobia.org/ Museum of Biblical Art]
 
*[http://www.artbible.info/ Art and the Bible]
 
*[http://www.artbible.info/ Art and the Bible]
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*[http://www.ou.edu/class/ahi4263/byzantine.html THE EARLY CHRISTIAN ART.]
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*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03710a.htm Christian Art] CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA.
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*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05248a.htm Ecclesiastical Art]
  
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[[File:Ravenne Sant Apollinare in Classe La nef centrale VIe siecle.jpg|thumb|left|The Basilica of Sant Apollinare in Ravenne, [[Italy]].]]
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Latest revision as of 04:44, May 7, 2024

Christian art

(To embellish houses of worship)

Catholic Christian Cross


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.

Adoration of the Shepherds by Gerard van Honthorst
Alonso Cano, Jesus and the Samaritan Woman.
Painting: Sermon on the Mount by Carl Bloch (1877)
The Transfiguration by Giovanni Bellini.
"Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem" by Pietro Lorenzetti, Fresco. Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi. Lower Basilica, Assisi, Italy. 1320.
The Last Supper
Descent from the Cross, depicted by Rubens
Lamentacion Sobre Cristo by Fra Angelico
The conversion of Paul by the painter Nicolas-Bernard Lepicie


Dalí The Sacrament of the Last Supper.jpg

The Sacrament of the Last Supper by Salvador Dali.


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.JPG

Notre-Dame portal of the last judgement, Paris.

See also

Saint-Paul, ivoire relief; Byzantine art from the VIIth century.
Christ Pantokrator, Cathedral of Cefalù, Sicily; mosaic in Byzantine style.
Guido Reni, The Baptism of Christ, ca. 1623.

External links

Samson Accusing His Father-in-Law by Rembrandt.
The Basilica of Sant Apollinare in Ravenna, Italy.
St. Peter Chrysologus.
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