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Manichaean Painting of the Buddha Jesus; The Marble Steps Leading to the Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Rome; The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew (Ribera, 1644) The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew (Caravaggio) The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula (Caravaggio) Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand; The Mass at Bolsena; Miracle of the Relic of the Cross at the ...
The Last Supper of Jesus and the Twelve Apostles has been a popular subject in Christian art, [1] often as part of a cycle showing the Life of Christ. Depictions of the Last Supper in Christian art date back to early Christianity and can be seen in the Catacombs of Rome. [2] [3] The Last Supper was depicted both in the Eastern and Western ...
The influence of Italian Byzantine painting was strong in the court of Charles IV. The Nativity of Jesus has been a major subject of Christian art since the 4th century. The artistic depictions of the Nativity or birth of Jesus , celebrated at Christmas , are based on the narratives in the Bible, in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke , and further ...
Altarpieces were one of the most important products of Christian art especially from the late Middle Ages to the era of Baroque painting. [3] Ghent Altarpiece (1432), as above, closed view with the wings folded in. The word altarpiece, used for paintings, usually means a framed work of panel painting on wood, or later on canvas. In the Middle ...
As a secular, non-sectarian, universal notion of art arose in 19th-century Western Europe, ancient and Medieval Christian art began to be collected for art appreciation rather than worship, while contemporary Christian art was considered marginal.
Confucian art is inspired by Confucianism, coined after the Chinese philosopher and politician Confucius. Confucian art originated in China, then spread westwards on the Silk Road, southward down to southern China and then onto Southeast Asia, and eastwards through northern China on to Japan and Korea. While it still maintains a strong ...
The winter scene depicts the 17th-century Puritan settlers of New England, later identified specifically as the Pilgrim Fathers, as a small armed group of somberly clad, God-fearing souls making their way from right to left through a snowy, recently cleared wood to a house of worship (a small building visible in the left background).
Freedom of Worship or Freedom to Worship is the second of the Four Freedoms oil paintings produced by the American artist Norman Rockwell.The series was based on the goals known as the Four Freedoms enunciated by Franklin D. Roosevelt, president of the United States from 1933 to 1945, in his State of the Union Address delivered on January 6, 1941.