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By 1585, El Greco established a workshop in Toledo to fulfill his many commissions for churches in Spain.
“Saint Martin and the Beggar” (1600/1614) and “Madonna and Child with Saint Martina and Saint Agnes” (1597/1599) were made for the Chapel of Saint Joseph in Toledo.
"O you deluded people, what are you doing? Why do you not hasten to the churches to hear as many Masses as you can? Why do you not imitate the Angels who, when a Holy Mass is celebrated, come down in squadrons from Paradise and take their stations about our altars in..1/2
For #FarmYardFavourites, how could we not choose #stainedglass Nativity scenes?
Here are 3 fantastic 19th/20th century panels: the 1st is designed by Christopher Webb , the 2nd by Burlison & Grylls and the 3rd by Charles E. Kempe
#AnimalsInChurches
@BSMGP
Weed need your help to #SaveTheHeartOfSudbury. This project will:
✔️ Carry out essential repairs to save & protect #heritage
✔️ Equip @StPeterSudbury with new facilities
✔️ Install a new balcony with a lift
Please donate 👉https://t.co/iJBiSeWzrT
#ForPeopleWhoLoveChurches
@sunkissin_ Sorry for three! You don’t have to do them all~
Tippytoes: backpacks, adventuring, puddles, bandanas, bread and jam, baked goods, hair dye, Moomin aesthetic, romantic stuff
Oie: cults, burning churches, anti-Christ, angry cats, demonic possession
Doughball: napping, dough,-
Angelic care in #StainedGlass by #JohnEdwardCrawford made at the Glass House for the Chapel of Harefield Hospital #AnimalsInChurchesHour @Countrymaned @LandscapeIan @NellytheWillow @HE_Archive @SlCathy @cecilegillard @WorshipGlaziers @NHSMillion @NHSEngland
A brightly coloured bird at the start of The Book of Kings, in an Italian Hebrew text of The Former & Latter Prophets (14c) #WingedWonders #AnimalsInChurches
Check out the architects drawings for the @CCT_Regen project at @StPeterSudbury. We need to raise funds to secure a £2.5million grant from @HeritageFundUK
Learn more about our exciting plans & how to donate to our project here: https://t.co/dZ7B5Omwoa
#ForPeopleWhoLoveChurches
May not be a snake as it’s in the water but it sure looks like one! #stainedglass #animalsinchurcheshour #snakesandlizards from the #johnpiper window in farnborough church
first tweet and art of the decade
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she’s a human that was given eldritch wings with the power of a button
but if people look into the galaxy they tend to go insane because it’s like looking into a literal galaxy
and churches hate her because it’s still the human world
Coming to OAF via Mason Fine Art is NIAD artist, Sylvia Fragoso. Born with Downs Syndrome and a great ability to use color to create sophisticated compositions, her work depicts visions of churches and angels as well as her love for her family.
Nativity scenes ~ C12th altar piece, from Church of Santa Maria d'Avia, #Catalonia #nativity #NativityScene #Navidad #ChristmasIsComing #art #folkart #naiveart #primitiveart #churchart #heritage #historical #MedievalTwitter #animalsinchurches
Check out this article in the latest issue of @TheArtsSociety_ It's all about the new approach of displaying contemporary art in churches, chapels & cathedrals. It has a nice mention of my #exhibition at @ChesterCath over the summer. Get your own copy now
In 1680, in what is now New Mexico, the indigenous Pueblo Indians revolted against their Christian Spanish colonizers. They burned all the churches, killed all the priests and forced out over 2,000 Europeans.
The religion of modern age is Capitalism, and banks are its churches!
OTD in 1859, #JohnBrown is hanged for leading an anti-slavery insurrection. Find out how this occasion was marked by one of #GreenwichVillage's most outspoken #AfricanAmerican abolitionists and abolitionist churches, and the rest of their amazing work: https://t.co/tyXs1sioRz
Visit our store to see the beautiful #ChristmasCards we have available. We'd love to know what is your favourite design!
The sale of these #Christmas cards helps us to care for & conserve the #heritage & historic fabric of our historic churches.
🛒👉 https://t.co/QZ3NlLzJyh
Arbroath Abbey slide image from the 1990's and watercolour reconstruction suggestion. Famous for Scottish Declaration of Independence in 1320. #ArbroathAbbey #ScottishChurches #watercolourpainting
It’s the Church of Asinou, dedicated to the Virgin Mary w 12 cen frescoes & later periods. Among the finest examples of #Byzantine Christian mural painting on #Cyprus. #UNESCO World Heritage Site along with 9 other painted churches in the Troodos region. #CyprusArt #art https://t.co/8LdxC5bdgu