Christian art

(To embellish houses of worship)

Christianity has been for centuries the main subject for western artists. During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, The Roman Catholic Church and The Orthodox Church supported the production of sacred art.

* Inmaculada de "El Escorial" by Bartolome Murillo

* David by Gianlorenzo Bernini

* Repentant Mary Magdalene by Antonio Canova

The Sacrament of the Last Supper by Salvador Dali.

* At Torrijos, Spain

* Chester Cathedral, England

* Sculpture at Cerro de Angeles, Madrid, Spain

* Grace Cathedral San Francisco

* Notre Dame Montreal, Canada

We do not seem to understand that the arts too are supposed to be under the Lordship of Christ. Francis Schaeffer. [1]

Notre-Dame portal of the last judgement, Paris.

## See also[edit]

Saint-Paul, ivoire relief; Byzantine art from the VIIth century.

* Famous Cathedrals
* Church Altars Gallery
* Famous Bible paintings
* Bible Art Gallery
* Christian Cross
* Christian painting
* Christianity in Conservapedia
* Christmas Paintings

Christ Pantokrator, Cathedral of Cefalù, Sicily; mosaic in Byzantine style.

Guido Reni, The Baptism of Christ, ca. 1623.

## External links[edit]

Samson Accusing His Father-in-Law by Rembrandt.

* The Vatican
* Museum of Biblical Art
* Art and the Bible
* THE EARLY CHRISTIAN ART.
* Christian Art CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA.
* Ecclesiastical Art

The Basilica of Sant Apollinare in Ravenna, Italy.

St. Peter Chrysologus.