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Flower Symbol in Christian Art
The violet is revered for its beauty and its spiritual significance and is a symbol for humility.
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Jeremy Casella's New CD, Recovery
Jeremy Casella shows that Christians can make art just as well as everybody else with his newest CD, Recovery.
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Plant Symbols in Christian Art
Religious symbols often include common elements of life and nature like flowers, plants, fruits, and trees.
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Review of Top Christian Art Colleges
Christian art colleges help artists further their interest in the arts through the celebration of God's creation. Learn more about the top colleges in the country.
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Symbols in Christian Art
Pictures can succeed where words might fail and can make religious concepts more thoroughly and easily grasped when they are used in paintings.
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Symbols of Birds in Christian Art
Religious instruction can be gained from common elements of life like birds found in paintings.
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Ikons or idols?
One of the questions Protestants ask about Orthodox Chirstianity is whether the ikons used in the Orthodox Church are not idols. This article explains what Orthodox ikons mean, and why Orthodox Christians regard iconoclasm as a heresy.
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Mammal Symbols in Art
The dolphin, ape, ermine, stag, rabbit, donkey, camel, fox, and rat represent hidden meanings in Medieval and Renaissance paintings.
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Teaching Bible Verses Using Crafts
Glue, scissors and crayons for Bible study? Yes! Learning scripture verses has never been more fun for children than when they become crafters.
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The "Why" of Modern Religious Art
From little-known "outsider artists" to Colin McCahon and Frieda Kahlo, painters and sculptors in the 20th and 21st century have redefined religious art.
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Animals in Art
The bat, the toad, the hedgehog, and the pig are symbols of evil or gluttony in Western art.
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Carnation and Poppy Symbols in Art
The carnation and the poppy have been revered for their beauty and given symbolic meanings since ancient times.
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Chocolate Obama Jesus
Americans are notoriously indifferent to art until it offends them. Two sculptures of Jesus are in the headlines. It must be Easter time.
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Christian Flower Symbol
The rose in art is revered for its beauty and its religious significance.
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Easter Lilies and Their Legends
White trumpet lilies are the quintessential flowers of Easter and resurrection. Ancient traditions are replete with their symbolism of hope, purity, and eternal life
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Korean Munjado Screen
Letters of early-19th-century Korean Choson Dynasty art screen resemble medieval historiated initials of illuminated manuscripts in their similar symbolic embellishments.
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St. Anselm
St. Anselm is one of only five of the 33 'Doctors of the Church' who were named so without a formal decree by the pope or a council.
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St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Mellifluous has the definition of being like honey - sweet and smooth.
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St. John Damascene
One of the three requirements for a 'Doctor of the Church' is heroic sanctity.
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St. Peter Damian
One of the three requirements for a 'Doctor of the Church' is a papal or council decree.
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Angels, Icons & Religious Imagery
How were angels depicted in early Christian art? Why were they used on icons from Byzantine Egypt?
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Girls in Pearls by Claudia Lanfranconi
"Girls in Pearls" examines the history, cultivation, symbolism and wearing of pearls through paintings, prints, drawings and photographs.
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Church and State - The Byzantine Legacy
Trends into the Church and State relationship in the Byzantine Empire, and a reflection for the modern time.
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Guidelines For United Methodists
The foundation of the United Methodis religion is based on four basic princliples. All other beliefs are built upon these.
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Indigo for Tribal and Modern Body Art
Indigo dye in crystallized form is a safer, neater alternative to woad for recreating the body designs said to be worn by the ancient Celts.
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Medieval Religious Art as Education
The art of the Middle Ages was subordinated to the Christian experience on an everyday level and helped to educate illiterate peasants about their faith and cosmology.
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The Rebirth of Western Civilization
World Civilization was radically changed by two great movements as a result of man's thirst for knowledge. They brought about the Age of Exploration.
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Irises: History and Culture
The iris, worthy candidate for queen of flowers.
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Istanbul's Hagia Sophia
In present-day Istanbul lies a magnificent church which possesses a history which embodies the very definition of the phrase "East meets West."
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Plants of the Bible - Part 2 - Jesus and New Testament Stories
We need to know about plants of the Bible to understand lessons that Jesus taught. Included in this article are several examples of plants in Jesus' life and why they were important.
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The Catholic Connection (Coda)
A Comparison of James Joyce's 'Portrait of the Artist' with Federico Fellini's 'Eight and one-half.'

The Sun
Some ponderings on the importance and worship of the Sun.
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The Many Splendors of Islamic Art: Part I
The first of two, this article discusses some of the beautiful types of Islamic Art.
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St. Francis of Assisi
St. Francis of Assisi is famous for his special way with animals. Review a few of the legends and use the links for more indepth research about the Patron Saint of Ecology. St. Francis, pray for us.
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