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Christian and Islamic Art

Christian and Islamic Art. Christian Art. Sarcophagus : funeral container for a corpse Resurrection images absent = mysterious religion Expensive! Roman Christians. Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus 359 CE ( Vatican City). Paintings & Sculpture Roman Catholic Church

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Christian and Islamic Art

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  1. Christian and Islamic Art

  2. Christian Art • Sarcophagus: funeral container for a corpse • Resurrection images absent = mysterious religion • Expensive! • Roman Christians • Sarcophagus of JuniusBassus 359 CE • (Vatican City)

  3. Paintings & Sculpture • Roman Catholic Church • Jesus and other figures or scenes from the Bible • For the illiterate The Last Supper Leonardo da Vinci, 1498 (Milan, Italy) Pietá Michelangelo, 1499 (Vatican City)

  4. 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 14th century • (Częstochowa, Poland)

  5. Islamic Art • Dome: traditional roof structure • Cosmic shelter • Royalty • Direction of Prayer The Sacred Mosque (Mecca, Saudi Arabia)

  6. Minarets: tall spire with onion-shaped crown • Call to prayer • Direction of prayer • Air conditioning Twin Minarets The Sacred Mosque (Mecca, Saudi Arabia)

  7. 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)

  8. World Religions Connections • What World Religion does this represent? • Why? • Wait…what religion?

  9. Minaret of Jesus Great Mosque of Damascus(Damascus, Syria)

  10. Hagia Sophia(Istanbul, Turkey)

  11. St. Peter’s Basilica(Vatican City)

  12. Dome of the Rock(Jerusalem, Israel)

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