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Lesson 5: Christianity- Christianity, an introduction for the study of art history
- The Christian Bible
- A New Pictorial Language: The Image in Early Medieval Art
- The lives of Christ and the Virgin in Byzantine art
- The life of Christ in medieval and Renaissance art
- How to recognize the Four Evangelists
- How to recognize saints
- Architecture and liturgy
- The audacity of Christian art: the problem with Christ | National Gallery
- The audacity of Christian art: Christ is not like a snail: Signs and symbols | National Gallery
- The audacity of Christian art: Putting God in His place: Here, everywhere, and nowhere | National Gallery
- The audacity of Christian art: Time and eternity: Yesterday, today, and always | National Gallery
- The audacity of Christian art: This world and the next: Christ on earth; Christ in heaven | National Gallery
- The audacity of Christian Art: So near and yet so far: Visions and thresholds | National Gallery
- The audacity of Christian art: Unspeakable images: When words fail | National Gallery
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The audacity of Christian Art: So near and yet so far: Visions and thresholds | National Gallery
Christian art's audacity is explored in this video, highlighting how it uses visions and thresholds to depict the divine. It discusses how art brings the heavenly close, yet keeps it just out of reach, creating a sense of awe and wonder.
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It is only a basic idea of an ideal facial painting but the painting of 1470's is displayed the hope and better future on a final timeline of good vs evil that good prevails somehow in the light of matters of reality to deal with a contemplating and unlawlessness realms of the fallen first earth. Heaven is a place for a secure future being a blessing and a hope amoung why we go to the grave in Parasouia(2 votes)
This is an interesting observation, Miss Russell. Why did you post it here in the place for questions?(1 vote)
Who is the aged man behind Jesus at4:10? Is it supposed to be God or an emissary of God taking his son to heaven?(2 votes)- The questioned question is-is Parasouia an illumnating realm of reality or is it a dream in illumantions and for being uncconsious does reality have an illumanting light of decisions for our souls since it was always a breathe of life from lifecycles, does it really coexist??!(1 vote)
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