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  2. Transfiguration of Jesus in Christian art - Wikipedia

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    Raphael's last painting, "Transfiguration of Jesus", is a masterpiece that reflects his mastery of Renaissance painting techniques. However, it is also greatly influenced by the Byzantine style of art, particularly in terms of its use of color and perspective. In Byzantine art, color was used to convey spiritual and emotional meaning.

  3. The Light of the World (painting) - Wikipedia

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    The Light of the World (Keble College version). The Light of the World (1851–1854) is an allegorical painting by the English Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt (1827–1910) representing the figure of Jesus preparing to knock on an overgrown and long-unopened door, illustrating Revelation 3:20: "Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will ...

  4. Christ Triumphant over Sin and Death (Rubens) - Wikipedia

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    The painting represents the allegorical victory of Christianity over Death (depicted as a skull) and Sin (depicted as a snake). It was formerly thought to have been painted around 1615, but more recent stylistic comparisons with similar Rubens works have indicated that it was more likely to have been painted slightly later, i.e. around 1618.

  5. 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.

  6. Icon - Wikipedia

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    In English, since around 1600, the word palladium has been used figuratively to mean anything believed to provide protection or safety, [38] and in particular in Christian contexts a sacred relic or icon believed to have a protective role in military contexts for a whole city, people or nation.

  7. Christ in Majesty - Wikipedia

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    Christ in Majesty or Christ in Glory (Latin: Maiestas Domini) [1] is the Western Christian image of Christ seated on a throne as ruler of the world, always seen frontally in the centre of the composition, and often flanked by other sacred figures, whose membership changes over time and according to the context.

  8. Christian art - Wikipedia

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    Most Christian groups use or have used art to some extent, including early Christian art and architecture and Christian media. Images of Jesus and narrative scenes from the Life of Christ are the most common subjects, and scenes from the Old Testament play a part in the art of most denominations.

  9. Life of Christ in art - Wikipedia

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    G Schiller, Iconography of Christian Art, Vol. II,1972 (English trans from German), Lund Humphries, London, figs 471–75, ISBN 0-85331-324-5; Emile Mâle, The Gothic Image: Religious Art in France of the Thirteenth Century, English translation of 3rd ed, 1913, Collins, London (and many other editions), ISBN 978-0064300322

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