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  2. Depiction of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    The Transfiguration of Jesus was a major theme in the East and every Eastern Orthodox monk who had trained in icon painting had to prove his craft by painting an icon of the Transfiguration. [60] However, while Western depictions increasingly aimed at realism , in Eastern icons a low regard for perspective and alterations in the size and ...

  3. Lamentation of Christ - Wikipedia

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    Lamentation by Giotto, 1305. The Lamentation of Christ [1] is a very common subject in Christian art from the High Middle Ages to the Baroque. [2] After Jesus was crucified, his body was removed from the cross and his friends mourned over his body.

  4. The Dead Christ with Angels - Wikipedia

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    The Dead Christ with Angels is an 1864 oil painting by French painter Édouard Manet. The painting depicts the biblical story of Mary Magdalene entering the tomb of Jesus and seeing two angels but finding Jesus's body missing. [1] [2] It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

  5. Good Shepherd - Wikipedia

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    The Good Shepherd, c. 300–350, at the Catacombs of Domitilla, Rome The Good Shepherd (Greek: ποιμὴν ὁ καλός, poimḗn ho kalós) is an image used in the pericope of John 10:1–21, in which Jesus Christ is depicted as the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for his sheep.

  6. Christ treading on the beasts - Wikipedia

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    It is a variant of the "Christ in Triumph" subject of the resurrected Christ, [2] and shows a standing Christ with his feet on animals, often holding a cross-staff which may have a spear-head at the bottom of its shaft, or a staff or spear with a cross-motif on a pennon. Some art historians argue that the subject exists in an even rarer pacific ...

  7. The Descent from the Cross (Rubens, 1612–1614) - Wikipedia

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    The focal point of the painting is in the center panel, which portrays a group of interlocking figures arranged in an elliptical shape around the lifeless body of Jesus. St. John, dressed in a scarlet cloak and with one foot on a ladder for support, is the primary figure supporting the weight of Jesus.

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  9. Crucifixion in the arts - Wikipedia

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    Crucifixions and crucifixes have appeared in the arts and popular culture from before the era of the pagan Roman Empire.The crucifixion of Jesus has been depicted in a wide range of religious art since the 4th century CE, frequently including the appearance of mournful onlookers such as the Virgin Mary, Pontius Pilate, and angels, as well as antisemitic depictions portraying Jews as ...