Religious Art And Architecture Essay

- Angels Visiting Abraham, Andrey Rublev, icon, c. 1410 (p.263)
In the Rublev’s icon painting three heavenly figures in human form are sitting at the table whereas a cup is placed there on it. Most scholary figures have understood that the heavenly figures shown in the painting are the Father, Son, and Spirit from left to right. Rublev painted the three angelic figures excluding Abraham from painting while making them of equal in size. Rublev depicts the three as One Lord. Each of the heavenly figures are holding a rod in their left hands that reflects the equality .they are wearing blue colored veil and blue signifies divinity. The feature of oness is also very visible as all of three are precisely similar.
- Kuya Preaching, by Kosho (p.378)
Kosho painted six very small Buddha coming out from the mouth of the monument. Each one represents one of the six syllables of the word Na-mu-a-mi-da-butsu Nianfo which is a term used by Japanese for “Nianfo” that is in Buddhism derived from Sanskrit word buddhānusmṛti, meaning “mindfulness of Buddha”. The small Buddha coming out of the mouth of Kuya are depicting pure mantra and the monument’s overall emphasizes on the fact that religious preaching are deeply influential for the followers.
- Good Samaritan Window, Chartres Cathedral (p.506)
The picture tells a story with donors at the bottom and gradually covers various important events in chronological order specially the Adam’s expulsion from the heaven, the time when Christ was at its peak and eventually ends at the salvation. Similarly, there are several other important event covered in the Good Samaritan Window related to Christianity.