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The arrest of Jesus was a pivotal event in Christianity recorded in the canonical gospels.It occurred shortly after the Last Supper (during which Jesus gave his final sermon), and immediately after the kiss of Judas, which is traditionally said to have been an act of betrayal since Judas made a deal with the chief priests to arrest Jesus.
The main light source is not evident in the painting but comes from the upper left; the lesser light source is the lantern held by the man at the right (believed to be a self-portrait of Caravaggio; also, presumably, representing St Peter, who would first betray Jesus by denying him, and then go on to bring the light of Christ to the world). At ...
Images of Jesus tend to show ethnic characteristics similar to those of the culture in which the image has been created. Beliefs that certain images are historically authentic, or have acquired an authoritative status from Church tradition, remain powerful among some of the faithful, in Eastern Orthodoxy, Lutheranism, Anglicanism, and Roman ...
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English: Jesus Taken Down From the Cross, by Henry Ossawa Tanner. From Lot-Art: "LOT 1005 School Of Tanner School of Tanner. Sorrow at the Crucifixion. Mother Mary and Mary Magdalene with crosses in the background. Crown of thorns can be seen by their side. Framed. Medium: Oil on Canvas. Size: 23 x 31 in. Signature: Unsigned."
Fort Jesus (Portuguese: Forte Jesus de Mombaça) is a fort located on Mombasa Island. Designed by the Italian architect Giovanni Battista Cairati , [ 1 ] it was built between 1593 and 1596 by order of King Felipe II of Spain , who also reigned as King Filipe I of Portugal and the Algarves, to guard the Old Port of Mombasa .
"Calvary hill" today refers to a roughly life-size depiction of the scenes of the Passion of Christ, with sculptures of additional figures. These scenes are set up on the slopes of a hill . The traditional fourteen Stations of the Cross are usually laid out on the way up to the top of the pilgrimage hill and there is often a small, remote ...
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