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Other famous religious paintings include“Maesta” (1280-85) by Cimabue, an artist renowned for being one of the first to break from the two-dimensional Byzantine style; “Lamentation (the Mourning of Christ)” (1305) by Giotto; Fra Angelico’s “Annunciation” (1437-46); “Adoration of the Magi” (1481) and “The Last Supper” (1495-98) by Leonardo da Vinci.
Several ancient civilizations in the mid and far east that practiced some form of ancestor worship employed artists to produce religious paintings to venerate their deceased antecedents. These ancestor spirits were believed to possess god-like powers to help or harm their descendents. 2000-year old cave paintings of Hindu deities still grace the walls of the Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra, India, while the art of Buddhist painting proliferated in China between 317-1279 CE.
As Islamic doctrine bans the creation of figurative artwork within a religious context, both early and contemporary Islamic religious paintings feature abstract designs of symbolic religious significance and calligraphy of Quranic verses.
The oldest-known Christian paintings date to 70 CE (a time when Christian artwork was relatively rare) and were found in the ruins of Megiddo in Northern Israel. Eventually, the 4th century conversion of Roman Emperor Constantine I to Christianity would cause Christian themes to dominate western painting for the next millennia.
Christian iconography panel paintings of the Byzantine tradition were created using the encaustic painting technique (i.e. pigment with a wax binder). Artists were required to paint high-fidelity reproductions of church-sanctioned prototype images of divinities, leaving very little room for creative license.
Today, although religious paintings are still used in religious ceremonies and rituals, many contemporary painters choose to incorporate various religious elements into works both figurative and abstract, for purely aesthetic or non-ritualized inspirational purposes. For example, a religious painting of Jesus may serve as a decorative reminder of Judeo-Christian values rather than as an icon used in ceremonial worship. Furthermore, artists may create works depicting religious symbols, deities, scenes from sacred texts, etc. to communicate messages both religious and non.
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Paintings, 11.8 W x 8.3 H x 0.4 D in
Spain
$360
My Lord - My Style.. Lord Ganesha (III)
Paintings, 40 W x 60 H x 0.1 D in
United States
$1,499
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Paintings, 35.4 W x 35.4 H x 1.6 D in
Netherlands
$660
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Paintings, 11.8 W x 15.7 H x 0.4 D in
Netherlands
$320
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Paintings, 11 W x 9 H x 0 D in
United States
$325
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Paintings, 12 W x 18 H x 1 D in
United States
$430
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Paintings, 20.9 W x 30.7 H x 0 D in
Netherlands
$460
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Paintings, 12 W x 9 H x 1 D in
United States
$325
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Paintings, 12 W x 9 H x 0 D in
United States
$395
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Synthia As William Holden Pt. 8
Paintings, 17 W x 11 H x 0 D in
United States
$430
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Paintings, 16 W x 20 H x 0.2 D in
United States
$1,059
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Paintings, 10 W x 5 H x 0 D in
United States
$140
When Chuck Close First Started His Career Painting Was Out In The Art World
Paintings, 9 W x 6 H x 1 D in
United States
$220
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L.L.M.E.S.I.S.D. Pt. 5 V. The Foster Family 1 (The Foster Family 10)
Paintings, 36 W x 24 H x 1 D in
United States
$830
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Paintings, 7.5 W x 9.4 H x 0.8 D in
France
$470
Paintings, 18.5 W x 27.6 H x 0 D in
United Kingdom
$795
Paintings, 15.6 W x 11.7 H x 0 D in
Indonesia
$430
Paintings, 8.3 W x 12.3 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$250
Paintings, 5.2 W x 3.5 H x 0 D in
United Arab Emirates
$430
Paintings, 10.5 W x 14.4 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$580
Paintings, 24 W x 18 H x 1 D in
United States
$555
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Paintings, 39.4 W x 39.4 H x 0.8 D in
United Kingdom
$440
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Paintings, 30 W x 20 H x 0 D in
United States
$680
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Paintings, 9 W x 12 H x 1 D in
United States
$325
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Joint Efforts Towards a Higher Vision
Paintings, 15.7 W x 11.6 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$480
Paintings, 31.2 W x 35.1 H x 2 D in
Indonesia
$2,060
Paintings, 27 W x 36 H x 0.1 D in
Singapore
$2,510
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Paintings, 14 W x 8.5 H x 1 D in
United States
$345
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Sketching From Plant Life In Chicago Field Museum
Paintings, 9 W x 12 H x 1 D in
United States
$325
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Paintings, 19.2 W x 7.3 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$400
Monet's Water Lilies During World War 1
Paintings, 36 W x 24 H x 0.1 D in
United States
$830
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Paintings, 11.8 W x 15.7 H x 0.6 D in
Israel
$1,580
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Paintings, 18.5 W x 13.8 H x 0 D in
United Kingdom
$420
"Heaven and Nature Rejoicing." Triptych
Paintings, 9.4 W x 9.2 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$250
"Delve into Depths of Insight."
Paintings, 16.2 W x 11.8 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$860
In the shadow of your wings I will sing for JOY
Paintings, 16.9 W x 11.4 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$350
Paintings, 8.2 W x 11.3 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$580
"The Kingdom of Heaven Belongs to Such as These."
Paintings, 16.6 W x 11.1 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$580
Paintings, 8.3 W x 11.6 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$300
Paintings, 9 W x 12 H x 1 D in
United States
$325
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Sound Effects Recording And Editing
Paintings, 17 W x 14 H x 1 D in
United States
$430
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Paintings, 9 W x 12 H x 0.2 D in
United States
$639
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Paintings, 12 W x 9 H x 1 D in
United States
$325
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Paintings, 11.8 W x 15.7 H x 0.4 D in
Netherlands
$320
Prints from $150
Virgin Mary Mother of Humanity
Paintings, 9.8 W x 12.8 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$580
Paintings, 12 W x 8 H x 0 D in
United States
$325
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Paintings, 19.7 W x 23.6 H x 2 D in
Japan
$3,270
Prints from $100
"I came that they may have Life in abundance."
Paintings, 10.2 W x 14.9 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$300
Paintings, 12 W x 9 H x 1 D in
United States
$320
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Paintings, 19.7 W x 13 H x 0 D in
United Kingdom
$315