funeral container for a corpse Resurrection images absent mysterious religion Expensive Roman Christians Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus 359 CE Vatican City Paintings The Last Supper ID: 729539
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Christian Art
Sarcophagus
: funeral container for a corpse
Resurrection images absent = mysterious religion
Expensive!Roman Christians
Sarcophagus of
Junius
Bassus
359 CE
(
Vatican City)Slide5
Paintings
The Last Supper
Leonardo
da
Vinci, 1498
(Milan, Italy)
Roman Catholic Church
Helps depict figures or explain scenes from the Bible
For
the illiterate
La
Pietá
Michelangelo, 1499(Vatican City)
SculptureSlide6
Icons
: flat panel depiction of a holy being or object
Eastern Orthodox Church
Canvas, metal, stone, cloth, mosaic…
Follows the commandment to not make “graven images”
Black Madonna of
Częstochowa
14
th
century(Częstochowa, Poland)Slide7
Steeple
: tall tower on a church, usually topped by a cross
Attempts to reach into the heavens
Guiding lights for the community
First Presbyterian Church of Caldwell
18
th
century
(
Caldwell, NJ
)Slide8
Cruciform Architecture
Roman Catholic Church
The ceiling
of
many
churches or cathedrals are in the shape of a cross
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
1878
(
New York, NY
)Slide9Slide10Slide11
Islamic Art
Dome
: traditional roof structure
Cosmic shelter
RoyaltyDirection of Prayer
The Sacred Mosque
(Mecca, Saudi Arabia)Slide12
Minarets
: tall spire with onion-shaped crown
Call to prayer
Direction of prayer
Air conditioning
Twin MinaretsThe Sacred Mosque(Mecca, Saudi Arabia)Slide13
Islamic calligraphy
: artistic practice of writing
Arabic language
Cannot represent God with images
Contains messages from the Koran
Timbuktu Manuscripts
Calligraphy in Arabic depicting astronomy and mathematics
(Timbuktu,
Mali
)Slide14
World Religions Connections
What World
Religion does this represent?
Why?
Wait…
what religion?Slide15
Minaret of Jesus
Great Mosque of Damascus
(Damascus, Syria) Slide16
Hagia
Sophia
(Istanbul, Turkey) Slide17
St. Peter’s Basilica
(Vatican City) Slide18
Dome of the Rock
(Jerusalem, Israel)