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Often in these homes, you would see each room having a crucifix over the door. One of the nicest religious home décor items is a St. Benedicts cross. There is so many symbolic items in this one style of crucifix and it is long believe that having one of these over your doorway does help keep the evil on the outside.
Roman tomb underground cave art first Christian art, these murals are basically not what we are talking about icons (Christ, saints or biblical portrait of the history of the event), but a special symbol, they are used to express about the content of some idea of Christ and the Church, and the Old and New Testaments "Bible" Scripture and prayer book coincides godfather. Some of these symbols or themes from the "Bible" as the boat, fish, sheep, mouth rank olive branch dove, vines and other: some from polytheism, such as Orpheus. Of course, not painting Orpheus himself, it is important that he had to go to hell, to symbolize Christ come down to earth to save the human ancestor。. But these symbolic expression of the "Bible" in the image of the icon contains the seeds。

Later, Christian culture gradually absorbed, mastered the Greek culture of language used for Christian services. 3rd century AD, the underground Catacombs increase in number, and with inscriptions, frescoes inside. Gospel parable theme relief has been widely disseminated. Underground Catacombs of strokes is the oldest Christian art

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Catholic Religious Items

Because Jewish art objects are closely identified with this religion and way of thinking, these objects are also offered as every day gifts to family members and friends if only for a demonstration of thoughtfulness.  Both the gesture and the gifts keep people together, in touch with their Jewish roots.  The gifts are also a way of expressing love and esteem, not to mention respect for Jewish rituals and beliefs.

Hand-in-hand with the importance of Jewish candles are candlesticks. The Menorah holds nine candles, eight to commemorate the days the original oil lasted and one helper candle used to light those eight. There are also special candlesticks used in the Shabbat.  Jewish candlesticks are popular as wedding gifts.

Often in these homes, you would see each room having a crucifix over the door. One of the nicest religious home décor items is a St. Benedicts cross. There is so many symbolic items in this one style of crucifix and it is long believe that having one of these over your doorway does help keep the evil on the outside.
Roman tomb underground cave art first Christian art, these murals are basically not what we are talking about icons (Christ, saints or biblical portrait of the history of the event), but a special symbol, they are used to express about the content of some idea of Christ and the Church, and the Old and New Testaments "Bible" Scripture and prayer book coincides godfather. Some of these symbols or themes from the "Bible" as the boat, fish, sheep, mouth rank olive branch dove, vines and other: some from polytheism, such as Orpheus. Of course, not painting Orpheus himself, it is important that he had to go to hell, to symbolize Christ come down to earth to save the human ancestor。. But these symbolic expression of the "Bible" in the image of the icon contains the seeds。

Later, Christian culture gradually absorbed, mastered the Greek culture of language used for Christian services. 3rd century AD, the underground Catacombs increase in number, and with inscriptions, frescoes inside. Gospel parable theme relief has been widely disseminated. Underground Catacombs of strokes is the oldest Christian art

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Walking through the streets of Rome, Florence, Venice, Frankfurt and other cities, you will be dumping all kinds of magnificent buildings. In the West, the building has been the darling of the art in the field, the highest achievement of medieval art is reflected in the arts, many paintings sculptures embedded in these magnificent buildings were.

Medieval art in time and hell different styles, divided into early Christian art, Byzantine art, Carolingian art, Romanesque and Gothic art and other types of art.

In medieval Byzantine Christian art, the western "Carolingian" and eastern "Byzantine Empire" belong to different types. Byzantine art to learn more from the oriental art of symbolic and decorative taste, but it was also influenced Carolingian Art from the North Germanic, Celtic and Saxon and other ethnic art

Medieval European feudal society refers, generally from the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD to 1640 ended British bourgeois revolution: the history of art usually refers to the 5th century to the 15th century. Important feature of the regime and the Christian church organizations and to the rule, Christianity has become a strong pillar of feudal rule and people's spiritual life sustenance.

Medieval European feudal society refers, generally from the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD to 1640 ended British bourgeois revolution: the history of art usually refers to the 5th century to the 15th century. Important feature of the regime and the Christian church organizations and to the rule, Christianity has become a strong pillar of feudal rule and people's spiritual life sustenance.

Christian once produced it tends strongly against the Roman Empire mine, so received along repression. 4th century AD Christianity the state religion positioned to become the spiritual pillar of the feudal society. Since Christianity was declared the state religion, he gradually merged in the West enjoys supreme power to the secular regime.

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From the early Christian art to icon

Church determine their own painting language accepted forms ancient Greek world, but put a new content. Christian image of the predecessor is not polytheistic idols, as many people think. There is no specific image immediately before the Incarnation. Source image is a symbol of the Christian Old Testament. As the predecessor of the church is not polytheistic world, but choose to accept God's own revelation, like ancient Israel.

Christianity has a different view of the world and the principle of the new life of the Greek world, which also determines the new style of Christian art. She first expressed church doctrine and teachings, consistent with the biblical text, rather than naturalistic art, not reflecting the state of people's daily lives. Christian art and naturalistic different harmony of her performance is not realistic at this time, not the nature and the universe, not the body's symmetry and graceful, but point to another world. Painter wants to express not only their naked eye can see, and what is invisible to the naked eye, that is, the performance of the spiritual content of Christianity. Painter tasks eyes, posture and gestures are full of the world to pray for God and yearning

However, due to the establishment of Christianity itself, after a long and tortuous process, the icon does not quickly accepted. Many of the early Christian apologists actively oppose ancient Greek art. Such as Tertullian believed that the risk of any art has idolatry. So apologists for Christianity portrait negative attitude, in order to make the church a threat to prevent idolatry, because idolatry can invade the church through art.

Clement of Alexandria confirmed according to transcendence of God, "lawmakers want to raise our minds to intuitive insight, rather than stay in the physical realm. That if God does not come with the usual artistic expression, the body of greatness will be a significant loss, this view is not correct, on the contrary, only the spirit of spiritual vision to see invisible things, if the form of emotional draw it to be worshiped, only it a means to belittle him.

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