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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, 17 W x 14 H x 1 D in
United States
$430
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Paintings, 12 W x 9 H x 1 D in
United States
$320
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Paintings, 17 W x 14 H x 1 D in
United States
$430
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Paintings, 40 W x 32 H x 0 D in
United States
$950
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Paintings, 8 W x 9 H x 0.1 D in
United States
$220
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"True Love Will Find You In The End"
Paintings, 12 W x 9 H x 1 D in
United States
$325
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"Traditional Ballads And Fiddle Tunes Of Indiana"
Paintings, 14 W x 17 H x 1 D in
United States
$430
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Paintings, 12 W x 8 H x 0.1 D in
United States
$325
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Paintings, 12 W x 9 H x 0 D in
United States
$325
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Paintings, 9 W x 4.3 H x 1 D in
United States
$220
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Paintings, 19.7 W x 29.5 H x 0 D in
$320
Paintings, 11.8 W x 16.5 H x 0.1 D in
India
$2,030
Paintings, 24 W x 18 H x 1 D in
United States
$555
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Paintings, 36 W x 24 H x 1 D in
United States
$830
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Paintings, 4.6 W x 6.5 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$1,540
Paintings, 14 W x 9.4 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$340
Paintings, 5.3 W x 8.3 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$230
Journal Painting #9 (To Be Seen Is Death)
Paintings, 144 W x 72 H x 0.1 D in
United States
$3,000
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Paintings, 20 W x 30 H x 0.1 D in
United States
$1,100
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Paintings, 12 W x 9 H x 1 D in
United States
$320
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Paintings, 28 W x 21.3 H x 1 D in
United States
$680
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Paintings, 34 W x 14 H x 1 D in
United States
$665
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Paintings, 9 W x 12 H x 1 D in
United States
$325
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Giver of Immortal Gladness. Diptych
Paintings, 11.6 W x 9 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$315
Paintings, 11.6 W x 16.7 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$480
Paintings, 16.5 W x 11.7 H x 0 D in
United Arab Emirates
$860
Paintings, 11 W x 14 H x 1 D in
United States
$265
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Behind the lies we tell ourselves everyday
Paintings, 13 W x 19.7 H x 0 D in
United Kingdom
$305
As Narrow A Scope As Twombly / As Singular As Twombly
Paintings, 19 W x 14 H x 1 D in
United States
$450
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Paintings, 15.6 W x 11.7 H x 0 D in
Indonesia
$430
I Stared Her Down, Then Forgot
Paintings, 17 W x 14 H x 1 D in
United States
$430
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Paintings, 17 W x 14 H x 1 D in
United States
$430
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Paintings, 11 W x 8.5 H x 0 D in
United States
$325
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Paintings, 48 W x 52 H x 1 D in
United States
$1,360
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Paintings, 52 W x 52 H x 1 D in
United States
$1,360
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Paintings, 7.5 W x 9.4 H x 0.8 D in
France
$450
Paintings, 24 W x 48 H x 0.2 D in
India
$1,310
Paintings, 30 W x 24 H x 1 D in
United States
$1,200
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Paintings, 48 W x 60 H x 1.5 D in
United Kingdom
$12,750
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Paintings, 14 W x 17 H x 0.1 D in
United States
$430
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Paintings, 15.8 W x 11.6 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$500
San Miguel ( D'après Zurbarán)
Paintings, 19.7 W x 24 H x 0.8 D in
Spain
$1,860
Prints from $44
The Angel Gabriel Comes to Mary
Paintings, 14 W x 10.3 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$440
Paintings, 9 W x 6 H x 1 D in
United States
$220
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Paintings, 12 W x 9 H x 1 D in
United States
$325
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Paintings, 17 W x 14 H x 1 D in
United States
$450
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Paintings, 18.5 W x 27.6 H x 0 D in
United Kingdom
$740
Paintings, 47.2 W x 59.1 H x 2 D in
Indonesia
$2,770
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Paintings, 11.8 W x 16 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$500