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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, 16 W x 20 H x 1 D in
$1,310
Trinitarian Causation Relationships
Paintings, 31.5 W x 47.2 H x 1 D in
$3,770
Prints from $100
Rose Window, Brattle Square Church, Boston, Massachusetts
Paintings, 16 W x 20 H x 0.2 D in
United States
$979
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Paintings, 27.6 W x 31.5 H x 0.1 D in
Ukraine
$2,150
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Paintings, 30 W x 22 H x 0.1 D in
United States
$2,170
Paintings, 60 W x 48 H x 2 D in
India
$2,610
Prints from $100
Paintings, 20 W x 30 H x 0.1 D in
United States
$1,600
Prints from $86
Paintings, 31.9 W x 25.6 H x 0.6 D in
Spain
$2,710
Paintings, 25.6 W x 28.7 H x 1.2 D in
Estonia
$11,500
Prints from $40
Paintings, 49.2 W x 39.4 H x 2 D in
United Kingdom
$5,350
Paintings, 23.6 W x 23.6 H x 1.6 D in
Spain
$3,670
Paintings, 31 W x 42 H x 0.1 D in
Spain
$1,543
Prints from $95
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Paintings, 70.9 W x 51.2 H x 1.2 D in
Czech Republic
$35,200
Prints from $100
Paintings, 20.1 W x 23.2 H x 0.1 D in
United Kingdom
$915
Paintings, 47.2 W x 39.4 H x 1.2 D in
Spain
$5,450
Riding On Her Father's Bike In Crystal Lake
Paintings, 9 W x 12 H x 1 D in
United States
$325
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Paintings, 16 W x 20 H x 1 D in
Belgium
$1,088
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Paintings, 22 W x 30 H x 1 D in
United States
$900
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Paintings, 19.7 W x 27.6 H x 2 D in
France
$5,450
Prints from $170
Paintings, 19.7 W x 27.6 H x 2 D in
France
$5,450
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Paintings, 47.2 W x 27.6 H x 0.8 D in
Brazil
$2,146
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Paintings, 8.7 W x 8.7 H x 0.4 D in
Italy
$580
Prints from $40
Paintings, 11.8 W x 15 H x 1 D in
Switzerland
$1,660
Paintings, 14 W x 17 H x 1 D in
United States
$430
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Paintings, 25.8 W x 29.7 H x 0.1 D in
$717
Paintings, 10.2 W x 9.8 H x 0.1 D in
Spain
$940
In Apartment, In Chicago, Looking Over Rock 'n' Roll McDonalds
Paintings, 17 W x 14 H x 0.1 D in
United States
$430
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Paintings, 27 W x 35 H x 2 D in
United States
$1,970
Inspiré de la "Madone avec l'Enfant" de Canonica
Paintings, 31.5 W x 31.5 H x 0.8 D in
France
$2,679
Paintings, 19.7 W x 27.6 H x 2 D in
France
$5,450
Prints from $170
Paintings, 15.7 W x 23.6 H x 0.4 D in
United Arab Emirates
$260
Paintings, 39.4 W x 28.7 H x 0.4 D in
France
$7,900
Paintings, 14.6 W x 10.6 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$1,540
Sheep descending Mt. Subasio (Assisi, Italy)
Paintings, 45 W x 45 H x 0.1 D in
United States
$1,970
Prints from $98
Paintings, 11.8 W x 15 H x 1 D in
Switzerland
$1,660
Paintings, 25.6 W x 19.7 H x 0.4 D in
Spain
$610
Paintings, 11.8 W x 15 H x 1 D in
Switzerland
$1,660
Paintings, 40 W x 50 H x 1.5 D in
United States
$10,600
Paintings, 13.8 W x 15.7 H x 0.1 D in
Argentina
$370
Paintings, 90 W x 100 H x 3 D in
Czech Republic
$1,410
Paintings, 36 W x 48 H x 0.1 D in
$3,210
Paintings, 24 W x 18 H x 1 D in
United States
$555
Prints from $40
Paintings, 10.2 W x 13 H x 0.1 D in
South Korea
$2,210
Paintings, 18 W x 15 H x 1 D in
United States
$1,300
No Ideas; Multiple Ideas; Thoughts About Thoughts
Paintings, 17 W x 14 H x 1 D in
United States
$430
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"A pipe or a different dream "
Paintings, 44 W x 60 H x 1.2 D in
Turkey
$6,700
Prints from $40
Paintings, 16 W x 18 H x 2 D in
India
$13,707
Paintings, 55.1 W x 55.1 H x 2 D in
$4,990
Prints from $40
Paintings, 96 W x 48 H x 0.3 D in
United States
$20,749
Paintings, 48 W x 24 H x 2 D in
United States
$5,150