Christian iconography

E19375

Christian art tradition religious iconography visual language

Christian iconography is the visual tradition of symbols, images, and artistic representations that express and teach the beliefs, stories, and theology of Christianity.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Christian iconography canonical	16
Christian art	3
Western Christian art	2
Christliche Symbolik	1
Eastern Orthodox iconography	1
Orthodox iconography	1

Statements (80)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian art tradition ⓘ religious iconography ⓘ visual language ⓘ
centralFigure	Jesus Christ ⓘ
centralTheme	Incarnation of Christ ⓘ Final Judgment ⓘ surface form: Last Judgment Passion of Christ ⓘ resurrection of Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: Resurrection of Christ Trinity ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ biblical narratives ⓘ sacraments ⓘ saints ⓘ
codifiedIn	biblical commentaries ⓘ hagiographic legends ⓘ iconographic manuals ⓘ liturgical texts ⓘ
developedFrom	Jewish iconographic traditions ⓘ
earlyDevelopment	catacomb paintings ⓘ house-church decorations ⓘ sarcophagus reliefs ⓘ
hasPurpose	commemoration of saints ⓘ didactic instruction of the illiterate ⓘ evangelization ⓘ liturgical devotion ⓘ personal devotion ⓘ teaching Christian doctrine ⓘ visual exegesis of Scripture ⓘ
hasSubtradition	Byzantine icon painting ⓘ Coptic iconography ⓘ Ethiopian Christian iconography ⓘ Latin American colonial religious art ⓘ Christian iconography self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Orthodox iconography Protestant biblical illustration ⓘ Roman Catholic devotional images ⓘ
influencedBy	Baroque ⓘ surface form: Baroque art Byzantine art ⓘ Gothic art ⓘ Greco-Roman art ⓘ Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Renaissance art Romanesque architecture ⓘ surface form: Romanesque art local folk traditions ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
studiedIn	art history ⓘ iconology ⓘ religious studies ⓘ theology ⓘ
timePeriod	Late Antiquity to present ⓘ
usedIn	altarpieces ⓘ church architecture ⓘ devotional prints ⓘ icons ⓘ liturgical vestments ⓘ processional banners ⓘ religious education materials ⓘ
usesMedium	fresco ⓘ manuscript illumination ⓘ metalwork ⓘ mosaic ⓘ painting ⓘ sculpture ⓘ stained glass ⓘ textile art ⓘ
usesSymbol	Bible ⓘ alpha and omega ⓘ anchor ⓘ bread and wine ⓘ chi-rho ⓘ cross ⓘ crown of thorns ⓘ crucifix ⓘ dove ⓘ halo ⓘ ichthys ⓘ keys of Peter ⓘ lamb ⓘ lilies ⓘ palm branches ⓘ sacred heart ⓘ seven gifts of the Holy Spirit as flames ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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Subject: Christian iconography
Description of subject: Christian iconography is the visual tradition of symbols, images, and artistic representations that express and teach the beliefs, stories, and theology of Christianity.

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Good Shepherd → usedIn → Christian iconography ⓘ

Lamb of God → usedIn → Christian iconography ⓘ

Bread of Life → influences → Christian iconography ⓘ

Perpetual Virginity of Mary → isExpressedIn → Christian iconography ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Christian art

Latin Rite → hasCulturalHeritage → Christian iconography ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Christian art

Christian cross → appearsIn → Christian iconography ⓘ

Christian iconography → hasSubtradition → Christian iconography self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orthodox iconography

Holy Family → representedIn → Christian iconography ⓘ

Parable of the Prodigal Son → hasInfluenceOn → Christian iconography ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christian art

Christian saints → influenced → Christian iconography ⓘ

Finding in the Temple → commemoratedIn → Christian iconography ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christian art

Greek Daniel → hasInfluenceOn → Christian iconography ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christian art

Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord → usedIn → Christian iconography ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox iconography

God the Father on the Rainbow → subjectHeading → Christian iconography ⓘ

Panagia → depictedIn → Christian iconography ⓘ

infant Mary → category → Christian iconography ⓘ

subject surface form: Infant Mary

Philipp Veit → influencedBy → Christian iconography ⓘ

Stump of Jesse → usedIn → Christian iconography ⓘ

Adam → associatedWith → Christian iconography ⓘ

subject surface form: Adam (Rodin)

Medieval art → hasIconographicSystem → Christian iconography ⓘ

Philipp Marheineke → notableWork → Christian iconography ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christliche Symbolik

The Descent from the Cross → influencedBy → Christian iconography ⓘ

Saint Anthony's cross → usedIn → Christian iconography ⓘ

dove with olive branch (Pamphilj emblem) → iconographicTradition → Christian iconography ⓘ