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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, 14 W x 11 H x 1 D in
United States
$365
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Paintings, 8.3 W x 5.7 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$250
Golden Vortices sufi whirling darvesh
Paintings, 15 W x 20 H x 0.2 D in
Pakistan
$360
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Paintings, 14 W x 17 H x 1 D in
United States
$430
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The Everlasting Light Has Come O Little Town
Paintings, 9.4 W x 9.3 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$250
Paintings, 13 W x 16 H x 1 D in
United Kingdom
$5,100
Synthia Is Someone Different Pt. 2
Paintings, 9 W x 12 H x 0 D in
United States
$325
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"AVE MARIA" Hail Mary Full of Grace
Paintings, 10.4 W x 16.2 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$480
Paintings, 27.6 W x 39.4 H x 0.8 D in
Romania
$8,687
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Stripe 27 (L.L.M.E.S.I.S.D. Pt. 5 Variation 1 - Pt. 26)
Paintings, 11.8 W x 9 H x 1 D in
United States
$325
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Paintings, 144 W x 72 H x 0.1 D in
United States
$3,000
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Paintings, 18 W x 24 H x 1 D in
United States
$555
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Paintings, 35.4 W x 48 H x 0.4 D in
Netherlands
$860
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Paintings, 14 W x 14 H x 0.1 D in
United States
$430
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"There's a Rose in Bethlehem with a beauty quite divine."
Paintings, 5.8 W x 8.5 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$250
Paintings, 12 W x 9 H x 1 D in
United States
$325
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Paintings, 14.3 W x 10.2 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$430
"Then Shall the Righteous Shine Forth."
Paintings, 9.9 W x 13.6 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$400
Paintings, 17 W x 14 H x 1 D in
United States
$430
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Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding
Paintings, 11.6 W x 9 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$300
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, 12 W x 9 H x 1 D in
United States
$325
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Paintings, 24 W x 36 H x 1 D in
United States
$830
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"Answered Prayers, Roses from Heaven."
Paintings, 11.3 W x 11.6 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$430
Wisdom and Understanding not Gold nor Silver.
Paintings, 10 W x 14.5 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$410
Ever-brightening LIGHT of Divine Favor
Paintings, 20.4 W x 11.7 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$510
Paintings, 108 W x 52 H x 1 D in
United States
$2,170
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Paintings, 5.9 W x 8 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$350
Paintings, 3.5 W x 10.8 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$200
Paintings, 48 W x 48 H x 1 D in
United States
$1,360
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Paintings, 20 W x 24 H x 1 D in
Pakistan
$560
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Paintings, 9 W x 13 H x 1 D in
United States
$325
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Paintings, 10.3 W x 17.3 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$460
Paintings, 6.1 W x 9.7 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$300
"Peace, peace to All who are far off and near."
Paintings, 23.6 W x 17.7 H x 0.7 D in
United Arab Emirates
$1,540
Paintings, 6.5 W x 4 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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"Made in His Image and Likeness."
Paintings, 10.8 W x 6 H x 0.1 D in
United Arab Emirates
$370
Paintings, 65 W x 55.1 H x 1.2 D in
Czech Republic
$2,570
Paintings, 12 W x 8 H x 0 D in
United States
$325
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Paintings, 9 W x 12 H x 1 D in
United States
$325
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Paintings, 12 W x 9 H x 1 D in
United States
$325
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Paintings, 24 W x 18 H x 1 D in
United States
$555
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Honesty's As Deep As You Want It To Be
Paintings, 17 W x 14 H x 1 D in
United States
$430
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Paintings, 13.8 W x 9.8 H x 0 D in
France
$1,430
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Paintings, 14 W x 10 H x 0 D in
United Arab Emirates
$370
"Extraordinary Machine" W/ Jon Brion
Paintings, 12 W x 9 H x 1 D in
United States
$325
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Paintings, 144 W x 72 H x 0.1 D in
United States
$3,000
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Stripe II 2 (L.L.M.E.S.I.S.D. Pt. 5 Variation 1 - Pt. 2)
Paintings, 12 W x 9 H x 1 D in
United States
$325
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