Religious Imagery

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St Olga, Nesterov, 1892. Concerning Olga, Grand Princess of Kyiv (c.a. 950 A.D.), the Rus' Primary Chronicle has the following: Olga was the precursor of the Christian land, even as the day-spring precedes the sun and as the dawn precedes the day. For she shone like the moon by night, and she...
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Chi Rho - Book of Kells, ca. 800 AD. The artist is unknown, though the book is considered to have originated within the walls of one or more Columban monasteries. It is widely considered to be the best example of a manuscript in the Insular style.
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I was doing some reading and digging on angelic hierarchies, and came across this painting. Titled Angels announcing the birth of Christ to the shepherds, it was painted by Govert Flinck, a student of Rembrandt and painter of the Dutch Golden Age, in 1639. I'd seen it before but this time it...

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