Sentence examples for representation of christ from inspiring English sources

The representation of Christ on the cross has been an important subject of Western art since the early Middle Ages.

There aren't many creatures that have been a representation of Christ, a panacea, a gay rights campaigner and a fashion accessory.

Parallel to this development in the representation of Christ himself was the growth of an increasingly complex iconography involving other elements traditionally included in the scene.

Such cultural tunnel vision is only made worse by her passing over two millenniums of European art without including a single representation of Christ.

Although dealing with a near-identical biblical moment, the differences in the style of painting, the representation of Christ and the other protagonists, and the darkening of the chiaroscuro are striking.

A contrast was thus suggested between the visible manifestation of God through the pictorial representation of Christ as man and his more perfect but mysterious and invisible presence in the Eucharist.

An early instance of the use of gold for depicting light emanating from God is in a representation of Christ-Helios (Christ as the Sun God) in a 3rd-century mausoleum under St. Peter's at Rome.

In response, they created their own theology, embedded in their representations of Christ.

"Seeing Salvation" at London's National Gallery, which traced representations of Christ, was a surprise success.

The prose throughout is both florid and overripe, ironically – or perhaps appropriately – tempered only during a series of quite lovely passages describing representations of Christ.

One, "Il Volto di Cristo," from this Friday until March 19, is a broad sampling of representations of Christ, with works by Giotto, Titian, Rembrandt and Matisse.