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1 day ago · In early Christian art, he was often portrayed as a youthful, beardless figure, symbolizing innocence and shepherd-like care, reflecting his role as the "Good Shepherd." This imagery was prominent in the catacombs of Rome and early Christian mosaics, emphasizing his approachable and nurturing aspects. Christ Pantocrator
2 days ago · IAA Director Eli Escusido said, "This surprising and intriguing find of ship drawings in a Northern Negev Byzantine-period church opens a window for us to the world of Christian pilgrims visiting the Holy Land 1,500 years ago, and provides first-hand evidence about the ships they travelled in and the maritime world of that time." The ...
5 days ago · Art historian Robert Couzin, who specializes in Early Christianity, has studied numbers of Christian sarcophagi in Rome. He has written that "more sophisticated mathematical models (for the shape of the expansion curve) could affect certain assumptions, but not the general tendency of the numerical hypotheses".
4 days ago · Gnosticism (from Ancient Greek: γνωστικός, romanized: gnōstikós, Koine Greek: [ɣnostiˈkos], 'having knowledge') is a collection of religious ideas and systems that coalesced in the late 1st century AD among Jewish and early Christian sects.
3 days ago · Domenico Veneziano was one of the first Florentine artists to assimilate the characteristics of Early Netherlandish painting, which was particularly in vogue at the time and aroused considerable interest among collectors, as it met the taste for variety which was then dominant.
4 days ago · Written by Fr. Patrick van der Vorst a Roman Catholic priest for the Diocese of Westminster, London and a former Director of Sotheby’s London, Christian Art’s mission is to draw people closer to God through the magnificent pairing of art and the Christian faith.
4 days ago · Protestants liked to portray themselves as the true heirs of the ancient Christians, while dismissing Catholics as interlopers who introduced all manner of pagan corruptions into the Christian Church, among these the veneration of images, which Protestants regarded as idolatry.
