The Sacred Images Project - Ars Sacra Association

Join us on The Sacred Images Project, for in-depth discussions on the history of Christian sacred art, from the perspective of a believer, and painter.

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Is this really the face of Christ?
Today we'll look at some images of the Face of Christ we have from over the centuries.

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A Collection of Liturgical Chants | Sacred Hymns by an Orthodox choir https://t.co/lC4QsW058k via @YouTube

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Alessandro's bread bakery; originally built in the 13th century. It had fallen to near ruin before he decided to buy it from the city and revive it for its original purpose.

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What’s the best bakery near you?

I’ll go first: Boulted Bread in Raleigh, NC. Have the best croissants in the area.

Now your turn. Drop the name of your favorite spot.

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LOVE me some Netherlandish late Gothic.

Here's the downloaded whole painting from the National Gallery in London.

Mary, Queen of Heaven
c. 1485/1500

Master of the Saint Lucy Legend
Artist, Netherlandish, active c. 1480 - c. 1510

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@Yebrajuancarlos You'll probably enjoy this one:

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These aren't angels. How did we go from the robed and winged messengers of God, rescuing foolish men from demons, to these somewhat gross flying fleshy babies in Christian art? You can thank Renaissance Humanism & its rejection of the Christian visual language. 👉🧵 👇

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The Renaissance "rebirth" was not of long-lost painting techniques, mathematical perspective or anatomy; but of the values and interests of the pre-Christian classical world, the adoption of materialism and the rejection of transcendent Christian metaphysics. Read more: Link👇

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In Christian theology, a cherub is an angel of a high rank, that directly attends to the throne of God, described in the Bible as having four faces, one of a human, one of a lion, one of an ox, and one of an eagle with three sets of wings.

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You can read the extraordinary story of how long we've known what Christ really looked like, and how it became universalised, and what it means theologically and to our spiritual lives...

Here: https://t.co/Uoks8lt4Ig

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Is this really the face of Christ?
Today we'll look at some images of the Face of Christ we have from over the centuries.

https://t.co/rHMbpydiYU

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But very abruptly, in the second half of the 6th century we start seeing something very distinctive, and quite decided. And we stuck with that depiction through every stylistic development, for over a thousand years.

What happened?