Christian Art Thread

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I love the beauty of some Christian art. I sense some of us have been in for a hard winter and cannot wait to see the dawing of Spring. Do share your favourite Christian art and keep in mind I would say that this is a forum and not a shrine.

I took the first photo at the Musee de Orsay in France when I went for a day trip in 2019.

The photo is titled
"Saint PhiliIppe Baptisant.and I have attached the information about the art as well at the gallery.
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The feeding of the 5,000 image came from Chosen. I love that their was all etnicities in the crowd as well.
https://www.faithwire.com/2022/06/10/first-look-5-powerful-photos-from-the-chosens-biblical-recreation-of-jesus-feeding-the-5000/

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The Mark Cazalet art of Christ depicted
This is also one of my favourites by Mark Cazalet 1964. I saw it at church and took a photo of it. It speaks to me that Christ also perhaps went through torment in his life in the mind and overcame. On that level it really speaks to me as wel. The artist himself titled the art the Fool of Christ.
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The Bloemart of the of the man kneeling and being baptised

Now to me seems to say speak the words receiving God.

This is my first post.
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Saint Monica I believe she originally was a black woman on the right.
Black Catholic History Month - Saints Monica & Augustine

Saint Perpetua and Felicity
Just after the death of Pope St. Victor I, St. Perpetua and St. Felicity underwent their martyrdom in Carthage, around 203.

St. Perpetua was a young, well-educated noblewoman and mother living in Carthage in North Africa. Her mother was a Christian and her father was a pagan. Perpetua followed the faith of her mother. Despite the pleas of her father to deny her faith, Perpetua fearlessly proclaimed it.At the age of 22, she was jailed for her faith. While in prison she continued to care for her infant child and put up with tortures designed to make her renounce her faith. Perpetua remained steadfast until the end. St. Perpetua was sacrificed at the games as a public spectacle.

St. Felicity was a pregnant slave girl who was imprisoned with her. Little is known about her life because, unlike Perpetua, she did not keep a diary. After imprisonment and torture, Felicity was also condemned to die at the games.Only a few days before her execution, Felicity gave birth to a daughter, who was secretly taken away to be cared for by some of the faithful.

They share the feast day of March 7, and their names are forever mentioned together in the Roman Canon of the Mass.

The artist is created by Nicholas Mynheer - Rest on the flight to Egypt.
I took the trees photos myself. I was looking at them yesterday these three images and it just made me think of the protective nature of God around when the trees surround as well.

After seeing these I started to think of El Shaddaii and repeating it after so tender and gentle and drew comfort.

This is of art sculpture this time of clearly Mother and Child. These images can be enlarged and saved if you click on them.

A simple one. The classic David and Goliath.

link to the prison diary of Perpetua
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/maps/primary/perpetua.html

I opened today the Good Book itself and a saw lovely print of David and Goliath. I even made a little ditty song about it.
The names for God I looked up myself and thought it would be nice to post after looking and thinking of the plight moved me.

I do not appear to be able to upload photos. I saw though an image and liked it so much this morning that I had to share it.

For me this is bashed on the Lost Sheep Parable and as we know Jehovah
Raah - God is Our Shepherd

Link to photo

Also a church website where more art can be viewed.
Browse the Collection - The Methodist Church

There's an issue on MN at the moment with some very undesirable pictures being uploaded by bad actors, so MN have shut down being able to upload images until they've sorted out ways to deal with that.

Thread about it here: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/site_stuff/5267612-update-from-mnhq-addressing-the-recent-images-posted-on-the-site

Thank you for taking the time and letting me know AlteredStar. Hopefully it will be sorted out soon.

Parable of the Lost Sheep
Jehovah Raah-The Lord is my Sherpherd. (God is the Sherpherd)
How it spoke to me. I thought it would be better to upload it directy now it is working again.

Today I attended an art workshop at a church group and the picture art we given to work was this scene-The Samaritian woman and the well with Christ. Who was to give her an everlasting well (John 4).

The following art has much meaning to me. The embrace of mother and child says it all to me. The artist is Norman Rockwell and it is called the Golden Rule. It is also enscripted with the words Do unto others which you will find in Matthew.
https://www.un.org/ungifts/sites/www.un.org.ungifts/files/unny118g.jpg

The Last Supper (the art can be clicked and enlarged).
This is showing in the free collection at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. The text next to it was photographed also. Taken when visited.

The 1st one, two fingers nearly touching of Adam and our creator God depiction has been one of my favourites. It is by Michelangelo who was a devout man himself, as was Leonardo and Raphael the exhibition which I saw finally last week in Royal Academy of Arts. The other was from another depiction from the Book of Genesis as well.

This is a Raphael as shown in the collection of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. It is a depiction of the disciple Paul preaching.

I do love this. Painting of the Resurrection of Lazarus scene in the church Chiesa di San Gaetano and the chapel of the Crucifixion by unknown painter from 17th century.

The art is the Supper at Emmaus was is a painting by Caravaggio

After Jesus was resurrected he appeared at Emmaus where he had supper.

This is not a Christian picture as such, but the words just spoke to me when I went to a Spirituality Chaplaincy centre.

It spoke to me

God is my God of recovery and can recover a situation and stand by you in your darkest times.

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The most beautiful art that was at the special exhibition and created by Leonardo Di Vinci that was at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

I always love stained glass windows. Some from a church I visited last year.

Here are some Art pictures with the descriptions below them. I hope some of you like them. I particularly like the Supper at Emmaus again. I also really like the Nicodemus as he is suspected to be autistic.

Just some more pictures.

I was looking in my Bible today and saw this picture and really liked it. It has been said by some disabled people that God may have a disability and I don't want to get into that. The Bible does speak though of God being on wheels and I love that depiction. God is perfect whether he has any condition or not, he is complete perfection. I like it though given my condition that he is on wheels, it makes it even more closer as well to my own situation in life. With our imperfections we can be complete enough as well. You can see where it is quoted from the picture in the text.

Reflections for Holy Week:

Someone sent this to me and I love halo art, indescribably beautiful the image of Jesus Y'shua.