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Good And Evil Groups Of People
736 wordsParting of Lot and Abraham, Mosaic in the Nave Arcade, Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen; for we [be] brethren. [Is] not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me... Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. Abram dweller in the land of Canaan, and Lot dweller in the ...
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Works Of Art Twelve Apostles
1,094 wordsThe purpose of this work is to analyze two famous works of art that are the great examples of artistic tendencies in fourth and sixths AD. and were influence and inspiration for many artists. Most of the Christian art dates back not earlier than to the fourth century and the reason for it was the fact, that at that time the Christianity was against the law. Nevertheless, a number art works, frescoes and paintings show the beliefs, customs and traditions of the early Christians. The majority of t...
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Works Of Art First And Second
1,617 wordsFor thousands of years, major factors that influence a society are the effects of such things as religion, government, and art. When people study history, art does not seem to play such an important role. However, art helps us understand how a society feels, thinks, and looks at the surroundings which in they live. Ecclesiastical art or commonly know as Christian art dates back to the first and second centuries. The first influences of Christian art were believed to be Roman in nature. While oth...
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Image Of God Eastern Orthodox
1,608 wordsAlthough Christian art is now seen as a major part of the Christian religion, during the first three centuries of the church there was no Christian art and the church generally resisted it. Clement of Alexandria criticized religious art by calling it pagan. In his view, it encouraged people to worship that which had been created rather than the Creator (3, 79). But by mid- 3 rd century pictorial art began to be used and accepted in the Christian church but not without fervent opposition in some ...
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Iconography Iconography Iconographic Symbols Objects
409 wordsIconography, in Iconography Iconography Iconography, in art history, the study of subject matter in art. The meaning of works of art is often conveyed by the specific objects or figures that the artist chooses to portray; the purpose of iconography is to identify, classify, and explain these objects. Iconography is particularly important in the study of religious and allegorical painting, where many of the objects that are pictured? crosses, skulls, books, or candles, for example? have special s...
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Louis Xiv Jean Baptiste
3,341 wordsI INTRODUCTION Louis XIV (1638 - 1715), king of France (1643 - 1715), known as the Sun King, who imposed absolute rule on France and fought a series of wars trying to dominate Europe. His reign, the longest in European history, was marked by a great flowering of French culture. Louis was born on September 5, 1638, at Saint Germain-en-Like. His parents, King Louis XIII and Anne of Austria, grateful for an heir after 20 barren years of marriage, christened him Louis Dieudonn (literally, the gift o...
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