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The Feast of the Transfiguration is celebrated by various Christian communities in honor of the transfiguration of Jesus. The origins of the feast are less than certain and may have derived from the dedication of three basilicas on Mount Tabor. [ 1] The feast was present in various forms by the 9th century, and in the Western Church was made a ...
Openclipart, also called Open Clip Art Library, is an online media repository of free-content vector clip art. The project hosts over 160,000 free graphics and has billed itself as "the largest community of artists making the best free original clipart for you to use for absolutely any reason". The website was brought down for several months by ...
This is one of the largest collections of public domain images online (clip art and photos), and the fastest-loading. Maintainer vets all images and promptly answers email inquiries. Open Clip Art – This project is an archive of public domain clip art. The clip art is stored in the W3C scalable vector graphics (SVG) format.
The artistic depictions of the Nativity or birth of Jesus, celebrated at Christmas, are based on the narratives in the Bible, in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, and further elaborated by written, oral and artistic tradition. Christian art includes a great many representations of the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child.
The Transfiguration of Jesus has been an important subject in Christian art, above all in the Eastern church, some of whose most striking icons show the scene. The Feast of the Transfiguration has been celebrated in the Eastern church since at least the 6th century and it is one of the Twelve Great Feasts of Eastern Orthodoxy, and so is widely ...
Labours of the Months. August from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, 1412-16, by the Limbourg brothers; the court hunt with falcons and behind harvesting. The Duc's castle at Étampes is at the rear. 22,5 x 13,6 cm. The term Labours of the Months refers to cycles in Medieval and early Renaissance art depicting in twelve scenes the rural ...
Christian culture. Christian art is sacred art which uses subjects, themes, and imagery from Christianity. Most Christian groups use or have used art to some extent, including early Christian art and architecture and Christian media . Images of Jesus and narrative scenes from the Life of Christ are the most common subjects, and scenes from the ...
CrossDaily.com is a Christian graphics site. [5] The graphics section features photography, video loops, PowerPoint sets, computer wallpaper, clip art and web art, animated and static Christian e-cards, and free Bible trivia games. [6] Crosswalk.com was acquired in 2002, and is built around four primary content areas – faith, family, fun and ...