Religious painting

This space is dedicated primarily to religious themes. Before the early 20th century, religious iconography and church paintings functioned as the most significant forms of artistic expression through which the characteristics of artistic eras were demonstrated The 1796 icon The Virgin Mary with the Baby Christ, the work of the...

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  • This space is dedicated primarily to religious themes. Before the early 20th century, religious iconography and church paintings functioned as the most significant forms of artistic expression through which the characteristics of artistic eras were demonstrated
  • The 1796 icon The Virgin Mary with the Baby Christ, the work of the painter Arsenije Vujić, was done on a gold background, which harkens back to Byzantine iconographic painting

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