Religious Subjects Depicted in Art

The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Art surveys a broad spectrum of Christian art produced from the late second to the sixth centuries. The f...

The artistic traditions of four major Christian denominations are examined and outlined in detail in this groundbreaking volume that presents the f...

Sheona Beaumont addresses the untold story of biblical subjects in photography. She argues that stories, characters, and symbols from the Bible are...

This book explores the memorial and funerary artistic traditions of Southwest China during the Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE). In early imperial t...

The Kathmandu Valley is the most populated region of Nepal, and the Newar, probable descendants of the Kirati who settled in the Valley in the firs...

A new generation of American medieval art historians explores how sacred images were perceived during the Middle Ages in Byzantium and Europe. The ...

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Renew your soul through the beauty of art and creativity. Certified as one of nine Master Penmen in the world, fine artist Jake Weidmann invites yo...

Paradise Lost has never received a substantial, book-length reading by a philosopher. This, however should surprise no one, for Milton himself desp...

Throughout its history, Buddhism has developed alongside other traditions of religious belief and practice. Forms of Buddhism have in every era, re...

The images released by Islamic State of militants smashing statues at ancient sites were a horrifying aspect of their advance across Northern Iraq ...

Luis de Morales, known as El Divino because of his intensely religious subject matter, is the most significant and recognisable Spanish painter of ...

This study explores the role of early medieval religious art in its historical context, focusing on England from the reign of Alfred the Great to t...

Sometimes enjoying considerable favor, sometimes less, iconography has been an essential element in medieval art historical studies since the begin...

Death and rebirth was of vital importance to early Christians in late antiquity. In late antiquity, death was all encompassing. Mortality rates wer...

After 1500, as Catholic Europe fragmented into warring sects, evidence of a pagan past came newly into view, and travelers to distant places encoun...

Nearly every form of religion or spirituality has a vital connection with art. Religions across the world, from Hinduism and Buddhism to Eastern Or...

Religious imagery was ubiquitous in late-nineteenth-century American life: department stores, schoolbooks, postcards, and popular magazines all fea...

The most sacred site of Islam, the Kaba (the granite cuboid structure at the centre of the Great Mosque of Mecca) is here investigated by examining...

Once little known outside of Haiti, Vodou flags (drapo Vodou), dazzling in color and imagery, have become popular commodities in the international ...

Every once in a great while an artist emerges who does more than simply reflect the social trends of the time. These artists are able to transcend ...