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2. Category:Christian iconography - Wikipedia

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   Halo (religious iconography) Hand of God (art) Harrowing of Hell. Heavenly host. Hellmouth. Hetoimasia. Holy Girdle. Holy Kinship. Holy Spirit in Christian art.

3. Religious images in Christian theology - Wikipedia

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   Religious images in Christian theology have a role within the liturgical and devotional life of adherents of certain Christian denominations. The use of religious images has often been a contentious issue in Christian history. Concern over idolatry is the driving force behind the various traditions of aniconism in Christianity .

4. Icon - Wikipedia

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   An icon (from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn) 'image, resemblance') is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Catholic churches. The most common subjects include Jesus, Mary, saints, and angels. Although especially associated with portrait-style images concentrating ...

5. Halo (religious iconography) - Wikipedia

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   Halo (religious iconography) A halo (from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs) 'threshing floor, disk'; [ 1][ 2] also called a nimbus, aureole, glory, or gloriole ( Latin: gloriola, lit. 'little glory') is a crown of light rays, circle or disk of light [ 3] that surrounds a person in works of art. The halo occurs in the iconography of many ...

6. Religious art - Wikipedia

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   Religious art. 9th century Byzantine mosaic of the Hagia Sophia showing the image of the Virgin and Child, one of the first post-iconoclastic mosaics. It is set against the original golden background of the 6th century. Religious art is a visual representation of religious ideologies and their relationship with humans.

7. Transfiguration of Jesus in Christian art - Wikipedia

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   The Transfiguration of Jesus has been an important subject in Christian art, above all in the Eastern church, some of whose most striking icons show the scene. The Feast of the Transfiguration has been celebrated in the Eastern church since at least the 6th century and it is one of the Twelve Great Feasts of Eastern Orthodoxy, and so is widely ...