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  2. Catholic art - Wikipedia

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    Catholic art is art produced by or for members of the Catholic Church. This includes visual art (iconography), sculpture, decorative arts, applied arts, and architecture. In a broader sense, Catholic music and other art may be included as well. Expressions of art may or may not attempt to illustrate, supplement and portray in tangible form ...

  3. Marian art in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    The Madonna of humility by Domenico di Bartolo 1433 has been described as one of the most innovative devotional images from the early Renaissance [35]. Catholic Marian art has expressed a wide range of theological topics that relate to Mary, often in ways that are far from obvious, and whose meaning can only be recovered by detailed scholarly analysis.

  4. Maria Advocata (Madonna del Rosario) - Wikipedia

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    The Madonna del Rosario, c. 6th century, (70.2 x 40.5 cm). The Madonna del Rosario is an icon of Mary commonly dated to the sixth century or earlier. [1] It is an early version of a type of icon known as the Agiosoritissa or the Maria Advocata, in which Mary is depicted without the Christ Child, with both hands raised.

  5. Madonna (art) - Wikipedia

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    In art, a Madonna (Italian:) is a representation of Mary, either alone or with her child Jesus. These images are central icons for both the Catholic and Orthodox churches. [1] The word is from Italian ma donna 'my lady' (archaic).

  6. Depiction of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    Protestant art continued the now-standard depiction of the physical appearance of Jesus. Meanwhile, the Catholic Counter-Reformation re-affirmed the importance of art in assisting the devotions of the faithful, and encouraged the production of new images of or including Jesus in enormous numbers, also continuing to use the standard depiction.

  7. Christ Pantocrator (Sinai) - Wikipedia

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    Christ Pantocrator of Saint Catherine's Monastery is one of the oldest Byzantine religious icons, dating from the 6th century AD. [1] The earliest known surviving depiction of Jesus Christ as Pantocrator (literally ruler of all ), it is regarded by historians and scholars among the most important and recognizable works in the study of Byzantine ...

  8. Early Christian art and architecture - Wikipedia

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    Early Christian art and architecture (or Paleochristian art) is the art produced by Christians, or under Christian patronage, from the earliest period of Christianity to, depending on the definition, sometime between 260 and 525. In practice, identifiably Christian art only survives from the 2nd century onwards. [1]

  9. Christian art - Wikipedia

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    In Catholic countries, production of religious art continued, and increased during the Counter-Reformation, but Catholic art was brought under much tighter control by the church hierarchy than had been the case before. From the 18th century the number of religious works produced by leading artists declined sharply, though important commissions ...

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