is to discuss how two different artists’ manipulation of the formal elements and the social context during time of creation play major roles in the ‘reading’ of an artwork. I have chosen to analyse an Early Christian depiction of Christ as the Good Shepherd and Christ the Pantokrator from the Byzantine era. The Early Christian era‚ according to History. spans from 330CE when Emperor Constantine the Great moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium and declared Christianity to be the official
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Christ in Majesty Christ in Majesty is one of the world masterpieces wall painting art during Romanesque period. It is a part of the large painting decorated the inside wall of apse at San Climent church‚ located in Barcelona‚ Spain. An unknown artist painted it in 1123 CE by using fresco technique (a painting with mixed color and wet plaster on a wall) to create this painting to make it stays lasting. This painting represents Jesus Christ as a ruler of the universe and tries to show his majesty
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Steps To Christ Steps to Christ is a book that concentrates on the life of Jesus Christ and the love that God pours down on us by his amazing grace and his beautiful nature. During the first few chapters of the book it explains to us the way to come to God. After this the rest of the book explains how to engage and remain true to God. One vivid parallel I got from the book was that even though plants have thistles and vines have thorns‚ there are beautiful flowers still grow on them. This works
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Steps to Christ Pg: 126 Author: Ellen.G.White Chapter’s: 12 Steps to christ tells us how we can all be saved by grace and how we can become better Christians‚ by sharing the word of God with all our family and freind’s. Chapter 1: God’s love for man tells us about all the love and affection God has for us‚ how he made the world in 6 day and how he died on the cross for all of our sins. Chapter 2: The sinner’s need for christ simply tell’s us about sin and how much we need christ‚ In this
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understanding‚ in order that they may know the mystery of God‚ namely‚ Christ‚ So then‚ just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord‚ continue to live your lives in him‚ 7 rooted and built up in him‚ strengthened in the faith as you were taught‚ and overflowing with thankfulness .9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form‚ 13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh‚ God made you[d] alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins‚ 14 having canceled the charge
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STEP TO CHRIST BOOKS / SC - Steps to Christ (1892‚ 1893) / Chap. 1 - God’s Love for Man Chap. 1 - God’s Love for Man Nature and revelation alike testify of God’s love. Our Father in heaven is the source of life‚ of wisdom‚ and of joy. Look at the wonderful and beautiful things of nature. Think of their marvelous adaptation to the needs and happiness‚ not only of man‚ but of all living creatures. The sunshine and the rain‚ that gladden and refresh the earth‚ the hills and seas and plains
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Jesus Christ Jesus Christ was born circa 6 B.C. in Bethlehem. Little is known about his early life‚ but as a young man‚ he founded Christianity‚ one of the world’s most influential religions. His life is recorded in the New Testament‚ more a theological document than a biography. According to Christians‚ Jesus is considered the incarnation of God and his teachings an example for living a more spiritual life. Christians believe he died for the sins of all people and rose from the dead. His
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Christ in Majesty Christ in Majesty is a Romanesque fresco secco from the 12th century that was transferred to plaster and wood. It was originally located in the apse of the Church of Santa Maria de Mur in Catalonia‚ Spain but now is located in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston as a gift from the Maria Antoinette Evans Fund. The fresco is a transition from Roman and Byzantine Art to Gothic Art. The artist of Christ in Majesty utilizes his art to educate people in the doctrines of the Christian
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Byzantine Artwork: The Transfiguration of Christ Byzantine art stands out as one of the most magnificent‚ breath – taking pieces of the human artistic genius. This period of art spanned almost 1‚000 years and is divided into an early ca. 527 CE – 726 CE‚ middle 843 CE – 1204 CE‚ and late periods 1261 CE – 1453 CE (Stokstad 270). It is from the early period that we find the Transfiguration of Christ‚ a beautiful mosaic found in the church at the Monastery of Saint Catherine in Mt. Sinai‚
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Hirschman Essay In Part 1 of the Passions and the Interests‚ Albert O. Hirschman describes the philosophical climate of the 18th and 17th centuries in which how to the govern man’s passions was of primary concern. He attempts to demonstrate‚ from Machiavelli to Adam Smith‚ a continuity in thought regarding a possible solution‚ namely‚ the pursuit of material self-interest. However‚ there is a gap in which Hirschman fails to adequately address another important concern of political and economic
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