catholic artwork

Just want to know what are catholics most famous sacred buildings and sacred artwork there is.
all answers much appreciated.
thanks muchly :)
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Italy is full of famous Catholic buildings and art works especially art from the renaissance.

There's (Buildings):
The Vatican
The Sistine Chapel
St Mark's Basilica
The temple in Jerusalem
The Saint Sulpice
St Peter's Basilica
Santa Maria della Grazie... to name a few.

Art works:
Michelangelo's sistine chapel ceiling and last judgement
Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper
Michelangelo's Statue of David, Pieta, Statue of Moses
Leonardo da Vinci's Madonna of the rocks, St Anne, Madonna and child cartoon...there's so many!

2008-08-19 04:56:43 by some chick

When Italians first started to extol the lives and achievements of their artists, they praised the piety of their artists and valued the lively ...

Hi everyone,

I'd like to use Mexican loteria graphics and images of Catholic saints in my for sale artwork. Does anyone know how I can find out whether I can do this or not? I'm worried about infringing on copyrights. I've seen a bunch of other artwork that uses these these types of images but I just want to be able to check somewhere to make sure it would be ok to do this.

Thanks for any help!

You may have to distinguish from copies made of someone else's artwork, and original artwork of the same type.

For instance, no one can own the copyrights of the Virgen de Guadalupe, but if someone created his own image of the Virgin, that artist would own the rights to THAT image.

As far as the symbols of Loteria cards go, I couldn't tell you if those particuar ones you've seen are still owned by anyone, but, nothing prevents you from creating your own. Nothing can stop you from drawing a new version of "La Rana," or "El Guapo," since, the words, simply, mean, "The Frog," and "The Dude." No one can copyright the pose, or, even the colors used. As long as you don't try to make exact copies of the traditional images, you should be safe.

As I recal, images of "El Guapo," for instance, showed a man dressed in what appears to be a "zoot suit," which was created in the 1940's. That makes that particular image about 70 years old. Assuming that it was originally copyrighted under US laws, (and that is not a sure thing that it was) with renewals, the image may still be copyright protected.

Keep in mind that I am not sure of any of the details regarding Loteria images.

Create some new ones, register the copyrights to your artwork and I can wish you luck with publishing a brand new set of cards for this popular game.

2008-01-24 01:17:35 by jenjeant

5 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Sterling Silver Image
Antique Gold Leaf Frame

During the Dark Ages the vast majority of people could not read or write so the churches used beautiful stained glass windows as a teaching tool. They say a picture is worth a thousand words and in this case it is true. The people could more about the Bible and God by looking at the windows than they did during mass because the mass was said in Latin. Only the priests and well educated persons understood the language of the church. Most Protestants today do not feel the need to decorate their churches with religious symbols because of the association with idolatry.

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2007-09-11 20:47:01 by Rick

To Stand or Hang
Gold Leaf Frame
Sterling Silver Image

The Catholic churches I'm referring to have very high ceilings, stained glass windows, lots of artwork depicting Christ and the saints, different colored tiles on the floor that add visual texture, and other various artistic detail in the sanctuary. The Protestant (for example: Baptist, Methodist, Nazarene, Pentecostal, Church of Christ) churches I have visited are very simple in comparison- much lower ceilings, no stained-glass windows, no artwork of Christ inside the sanctuary, one color of carpet in the sanctuary, and very little if any artistic detail inside.

My question isn't regarding what is better, but is there a historical reason for this difference? Does it relate to the Protestant Reformation? Did Protestant church leaders, years ago, condemn certain architectural elements as being profane, unnecessary, or distracting for worship? Or is it because the Catholic churches have been around longer, time-wise, so they have those elements that were influential at that time in history, while the Protestant churches were built later and made to be more cost-efficient?

Thanks for your opinions and information.

Yes.

Catholics believe in the Real Presence of Jesus Christ, God the Son, in the Eucharist (Holy Communion). This Real Presence resides in each Catholic Church in the tabernacle. Thus each church is both the house of God and a house of worship.

A Protestant church were the members do not believe in the Real Presence is just a house of worship.

The guidelines of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops "Built of Living Stones: Art, Architecture, and Worship" state that:

A church building "is both the house of God on earth (domus Dei) and a house fit for the prayers of the saints (domus ecclesiae). Such a house of prayer must be expressive of the presence of God and suited for the celebration of the sacrifice of Christ, as well as reflective of the community that celebrates there."

For the entire document, see: http://www.usccb.org/liturgy/livingstones.shtml

With love in Christ.

2008-11-06 08:48:53 by Anonymous

I just read an interesting article discussing the problem with some priests and the things they did with children. People naturally search for answers and according the sources I will give it is due to the satanic and sexual imagery they are bombarded with from within the church itself. While I like a good conspiracy do you think this has any validity?

Here is the article:
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49435

Here is the documentary:
http://www.rapeofthesoul.com/
Meg - that's very interesting.

Although the possibility of "strange evil artwork" is interesting, I think the very few pedophile priests are just sick and/or evil pedophiles who happen to be priests.

This "strange evil artwork" has not influenced the great majority of priests and lay believers to any real extent.

With love in Christ.

2007-07-02 03:59:50 by Emperor Insania Says Bye!