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  • and Birgitta of Vadstena, was a Christian mystic and the founder ... on depictions of the Nativity of Jesus in art. The Virgin knelt down ...
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  • Today Hiroshige is represented in the art museums of Tokyo, London, ... Hiroshige devoted himself full-time to his art. From then until Hokusai& ...
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  • The Acts of John is a second century collection of Christian-based ... it to fall in the Romance genre set in a Christian context. Two of its tales ...
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  • was a painter, draughtsman, and writer on art, who was born in in Zurich ... He is viewed by some art historians as a prime exponent of Neoclassicism ...
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  • Today, the word is most commonly used in Christian circles to denote the Three ... Magi were three in number. According to Christian tradition, it is generally ...
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  • In Christian eschatology, the Antichrist or Anti-Christ is a powerful ... Antichrist has been built up gradually by Christian theologians and folk-religionists ...
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  • and social policy in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Britain ... theory of aesthetics emphasized the role of art in self-development, and of ...
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  • traditionally believed to have died as a Christian martyr together with 11 ... According to this account, Ursula, the daughter of a Christian king ...
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  • to Christianity, as the second official Christian state (after Armenia) and ... After Axum became a Christian kingdom, it allied itself with the Byzantium ...
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  • + annum "year") is a view in Christian eschatology named for its ... even in the first three centuries of the Christian era, during which premillennalism ...
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  • :This article is about Gothic art. See also Gothic Architecture Gothic art was a Medieval art movement that spanned the course of ...
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  • s) in terms of humans characteristics. In early polytheistic religions human ... Anthropomorphism is frequently used as a device in art, literature ...
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  • The French court of the troubadour Duke William IX was an early center ... of the First Crusade (1099). It found its early expression in the lyric poems ...
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  • importance in the history of the early church. Most of his papacy ... The famous Christian teacher and scholar Origen wrote to Fabian, as ...
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  • fidei athleta (true Champion of Christian Faith). He was a man of ... Nor was conflict constant. The early seventeenth century under ...
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  • they also burned many valuable works of art. The colonialists were so ... the palace, often for ceremonial use. Much art depicted the Oba in various ...
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  • :This article is about the Christian sacrament of Baptism. For similar ... and Peter.jpg|thumb|right|Baptism in early Christian art: A depiction of the ...
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  • The term Poor Man's Bible refers to various forms of Christian ... Until the invention of the Printing press in 1439, the average Christian ...
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  • that for centuries after his death, Christian authors wrote hundreds ... his parents were part of the growing Christian community in the city, ...
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  • in Literature for his “powerful and vivid art of description and the ability ... library before graduating from high school. Early literary influences included ...
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