Pagan Imagery In Christian Art. Such typological viewing is a uniquely christian way of interpreting images a comparative method not found in pagan or jewish art. See more ideas about pagan fantasy art art.
It was not always a matter of resisting all influence from the outside world but sometimes incorporating those influences. Saint apollonia destroys a pagan idol c. And it was very very common in europe and the near east in antiquity.
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As christians were persecuted during this time pagan imagery often referred to a christian message or symbol. Pagan symbolism in christian and jewish art so in the process of doing research for a paper i kept coming across early christian paintings of jonah and the great fish. And it was very very common in europe and the near east in antiquity. We are all familiar with the conventional images of what entities such as angels cherubim jesus and satan are supposed to look like.