Religious Oil Paintings Reproduction Oil Paintings On Canvas

Find out more about Religious Art and famous religious paintings here

Religious Art is a term generally used to describe Christian Art, although it can be extended to Buddhist Art and Islamic Art. It is also known as Sacred Art

The earliest known Christian paintings come from Megiddo in Northern Israel and are dated to the first century A.D., and are on the walls of catacombs. However, the better known Christian Art comes from rather later times, when the Church, Roman Catholic, Protestant and Anglican, became much richer and the Popes and Bishops began to commission paintings both of Jesus Christ on the Cross, of the Saints, and of themselves, as well as other religious figures from the bible

Religious Art was used to decorate churches and cathedrals, and perhaps the most famous is the work of Michelangelo in the roof of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, and the mural by Leonardo Da Vinci of the Last Supper in St Peter’s Basilica

Later on, in the 19th century, work by Manet and Bouguereau used Christian themes, and Marc Chagall painted many works for churches using a Jewish theme. Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence is sometimes referred to as the Matisse Chapel which displays his stained glass windows and murals

Some of the most striking modern paintings with a religious theme are the “after Velazquez” portrait paintings by Francis Bacon