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Christ the Redeemer (Portuguese: Cristo Redentor, standard Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈkɾistu ʁedẽˈtoʁ]) is an Art Deco statue of Jesus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French-Polish sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with French engineer Albert Caquot.
Christ of the Ozarks in Arkansas, United States; Christ of the Sacred Heart above the town of El Morro, near the city of Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico; Christ of Vũng Tàu in Vung Tau city, Vietnam; Le Christ Roi, Dog River, Matn District, Lebanon [1] Christ the King in Świebodzin, western Poland; Christ the Redeemer of the Andes ...
Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Christ of Vũng Tàu, in Vũng Tàu, Vietnam; Christ the Redeemer of the Andes, on the Argentine-Chilean border; Cristo della Minerva by Michelangelo, in Rome; Cristo Redentore sculpture in Maratea, Italy
Christ the King, of Vũng Tàu (Vietnamese: Tượng Chúa Kitô Vua, lit. 'Statue of Christ the King') is a statue of Jesus, standing on Mount Nhỏ in Vũng Tàu, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, Đông Nam Bộ, Vietnam. The Vietnamese Catholic Church built the statue in 1974 and it was completed on 2 December 1994 [1]
Christian theology sometimes refers to Jesus using the title Redeemer or Saviour. This refererences the salvation he accomplished, and is based on the metaphor of redemption , or "buying back". In the New Testament , redemption can refer both to deliverance from sin and to freedom from captivity.
Heitor da Silva Costa (25 July 1873 – 21 April 1947) was a Brazilian civil engineer, designer and constructor of the Christ the Redeemer monument in Rio de Janeiro.In 1924, he won a competition for the construction of the monumental Christ the Redeemer statue Monumento Cristo Redentor on Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro organized by the Catholic Church.
The Risen Christ, Cristo della Minerva in Italian, also known as Christ the Redeemer or Christ Carrying the Cross, is a marble sculpture by the Italy High Renaissance master Michelangelo, finished in 1521. It is in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome, to the left of the main altar.
Christ the Redeemer is a painting of 1493 in tempera on canvas by Andrea Mantegna. It is in the Museo Il Correggio in Correggio, Emilia Romagna. Bibliography