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Tag Archives: Religion
331 BC: Jars
Limestone Canopic Jars (Ptolemaic Period, 332 – 31 BC). After mummification, the viscera of the individual were stored in jars for the afterlife: Duamatef—the jackal: the stomach. Hapy—the baboon: the lungs. Imsety—the human: the liver. Qebehsenuf—the falcon: the intestines. Click … Continue reading
1820: Vishnu as Vishvarupa
Jaipur, India – Vishnu as Vishvarupa (1800-1820); “this striking painting shows the blue-skinned Hindu god Vishnu in his form as the Universal Man or Vishvarupa, which means ‘all forms’. The small figures painted on his body refer to his role … Continue reading
1940s: Singing on the Mountain
Hugh M. Morton: “Singing on the Mountain” Preacher (1940s – 1950s); unidentified preacher at “Singing on the Mountain” gospel festival, Grandfather Mountain, NC. (source)
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1974: Spirit
Karoo Ashevak (Inuit): Untitled (Spirit Figure) (c. 1970-74) (source)
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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, Art, Canada, Inuit, Karoo Ashevak, Mythology, Native Americans, Religion
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5th Century BC: Zeus Ammon
After the Greeks colonized Cyrenaica—now part of Lybia—and established settlements in the lower Nile Delta, they came to associate Zeus with the Egyptian supreme god Amun-Ra, who was often depicted with the head of a ram. The features of both … Continue reading
1926: Kingcome
Kingcome Village Totem Pole Carvers c. 1926 (source)
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Art, Canada, Faces, Native Americans, Photography, Religion
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14th Century: Watch as I Become a Buddha Even More Quickly than That!
The Lotus Sutra is one of the central texts in the Mahayana tradition of Buddhism and, for some, is thought to contain the complete and final teaching of the Buddha. It was composed at the turn of the millennium. In … Continue reading
1733: Vision / Eclipse
Cosmas Damian Asam: Vision of St. Benedict (1735) “The canvas shows an elderly saint who, confronted by a solar eclipse, seems to experience a seizure—as well as enlightenment—at the moment when light erupts from the celestial sphere, as described in … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century, Art, Astronomy, Christianity, Cosmas Damian Asam, Germany, Painting, Religion, St. Benedict, The Moon, The Sun
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1773: Withered Shrubs
In Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock’s epic poem The Messiah, published from 1748 to 1773, Satan tricks Judas into betraying Jesus by appearing to him in a dream “in the form of his father…with disconsolate looks of grief and perturbation,” telling him … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century, Christianity, Friedrich Klopstock, Germany, Judas, Poetry, Portraits, Printmaking, Religion, The Devil, William Blake
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1831: A Loud Noise in the Heavens
Nat Turner’s bible (source) And on the 12th of May, 1828, I heard a loud noise in the heavens, and the Spirit instantly appeared to me and said the Serpent was loosened, and Christ had laid down the yoke he … Continue reading
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Tagged 1820's, 1830's, 19th Century, African-Americans, Books, Christianity, Nat Turner, Rebellion, Religion, Slavery, Thomas R. Gray, USA
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