#religious-art — Public Fediverse posts

Saint Hilaire, eveque, 1630s

etching 216 x 125 mm - Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki via DigitalNZ

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/1839982/source

#Saints #Vestments #Miters #Prayers #Faith #Worship #Altars #Christianity #ReligiousArt #Bishops #Mannerist #Print #Etching #Museums

I've been gradually replacing my Jehovah's Witness library. I use the books for research, as I'm writing religious horror based on JW beliefs. I lent my books to a prof over twenty years ago and he never returned them.

Here are some of my favourite illustrations from "Revelation Its Grand Climax at Hand!"

#ExJW #Surrealism #angels #Revelation #SurrealArt #ReligiousArt

I don't know why Trump's getting zinged for posting an image of himself as Jesus on his social media app, do U?
But in the meantime some rascal has already done a parody version:

#Trump #ReligiousArt #USPolitics

A solitary sentinel against the gathering storm.

Peterborough. South Australia.

© All Rights Reserved by Kev Peirce.

#Photo #Photography #Australia #Church #SouthAustralia #Cross #BlackAndWhite #Architecture #Monochrome #Gothic #ReligiousArt #StormySky

It is no coincidence that the mandorla — the almond-shaped halo around Christ or the Virgin Mary — mirrors the vulva’s form. Named after the Italian for “almond,” it symbolises the threshold between worlds, the sacred gateway through which divine light and incarnation enter the human realm.

#catholicism #ArtHistory #iconography
#symbolism #ReligiousArt #medievalArt
#ChristianArt #aesthetics

🙏 Christ bound to the column, sorrowful gaze… The Flagellation sculpture at Bom Jesus de Braga is of rare intensity. Religious art at its finest. ✝️ #BomJesus #Jesus #Christ #Braga #Portugal #ReligiousArt #Sculpture #Faith #Passion #Baroque #History #Heritage #Portugal #travel #photography

Before heading to teh St. Servatius Basilica in #Maastricht, we visited the #BonnefantenMuseum on the same day. Here are some reflections of that visit along with some photos I took there:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2026/2026-01-02-bonnefanten_museum/

#WeekendStories #Museum #ChristianArt #ReligiousArt #ArtHistory #ContemporaryArt

One wonders which gym sponsored this? Art illuminates its own time, perhaps more so than the purported subject.

[This is from 1992]

#religiousart #sculpture #christ

“If you just look at the archaeology of our top early medieval monasteries, Portmahomack stands out as exceptionally literate and book-orientated. The standard books will say there are no Pictish manuscripts. We need to flip that on its head and say that the Book of Kells is actually an exceptionally Pictish-looking manuscript.”

New research may rewrite origins of the Book of Kells

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/sep/26/new-research-may-rewrite-origins-of-the-book-of-kells-says-academic

#Scotland #Ireland #medieval #earlymedieval #Picts #Celticstudies #art #religiousart

Exciting news from NYC! St. Patrick's Cathedral is unveiling its largest single artwork ever - a massive mural by Adam Cvijanovic covering three entrance vestibule walls. "What's So Funny about Peace, Love, and Understanding" honors Our Lady of Knock and features Catholic figures like St. Frances Cabrini, Dorothy Day, and Archbishop John Hughes who started the cathedral's construction.
#Catholic #NYC #Art #StPatricksCathedral #Mural #ReligiousArt
https://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=66645

Cathedral Candlelight in Cork

A beautiful brass candle stand in St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork. When Helios was on display in the Cathedral, I visited there with Blarney Photography Club and took the opportunity to photograph other parts of the cathedral’s artistic heritage.

The inscription above reads, “Ní mar is toil liomsa, ach mar is toil leatsa”, which roughly translates as, “Not as I will, but as you will”. A reference to the Biblical quote, “Not my will, but thy will be done”.

St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, completed in 1879, is the Church of Ireland cathedral of Cork and is renowned for its French Gothic Revival architecture and exceptional craftsmanship. The cathedral contains numerous examples of fine metalwork, woodcarving, and stained glass, much of it created by Irish artisans.

#2025 #BlarneyPhotographyClub #brassCandlesticks #cathedralInterior #churchCandles #Cork #CorkCathedral #GaelicInscription #Ireland #IrishChristianity #IrishLanguage #Photo #Photography #prayerCandles #religiousArt #sacredSpace #SaintFinBarreSCathedral #SonyA7RV #StFinBarreSCathedral #StainedGlass #votiveCandles

📰 Korean Shaman Paintings and the Work They Do (A free, 20-page article from 2020)

Tags: #China #ReligiousArt
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/god-pictures-in-action-korean-shaman-paintings_kendall-laurel