Catholic art is art produced by or for members of the Catholic Church. This includes visual art (iconography), sculpture, decorative arts, applied arts...

one of the major subjects of Western art for centuries. There is an enormous quantity of Marian art in the Catholic Church, covering both devotional subjects...

spread across the whole of Catholic Europe, from Sicily to Scandinavia. Romanesque art was also greatly influenced by Byzantine art, especially in painting...

The Catholic Art Quarterly (originally the Christian Social Art Quarterly and later Good Work) was the official bulletin of the Catholic Art Association...

Catholic art, and very often destroyed as much of it as it could reach. A new artistic tradition developed, producing far smaller quantities of art that...

Renaissance art (1350 – 1620) is the painting, sculpture, and decorative arts of the period of European history known as the Renaissance, which emerged...

The Catholic Art Association (CAA) was founded in 1937 by Sister Esther Newport as an organization of artists, art educators and others interested in Catholic...

by the Catholic Church as a means to counter the simplicity and austerity of Protestant architecture, art, and music, though Lutheran Baroque art developed...

Western art history. An art period is a phase in the development of the work of an artist, groups of artists or art movement. Minoan art Aegean art Ancient...

Gothic art was a style of medieval art that developed in Northern France out of Romanesque art in the 12th century AD, led by the concurrent development...

Protestant criticisms of art in Roman Catholicism to produce a more stringent style of Catholic art. Protestant religious art both embraced Protestant...

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide...

populations. Crusader art is mainly a hybrid of Catholic and Byzantine styles, with little Islamic influence, but the Mozarabic art of Christians in Al...

mythology. In Catholic countries, production of religious art continued, and increased during the Counter-Reformation, but Catholic art was brought under...

a Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches (except the East Syriac churches). It celebrates the "falling...

the art worlds. The term outsider art was coined in 1972 as the title of a book by art critic Roger Cardinal. It is an English equivalent for art brut...

Op art, short for optical art, is a style of visual art that uses optical illusions. Op artworks are abstract, with many better-known pieces created in...

(Latin: Contrareformatio), also sometimes called the Catholic Revival, was the period of Catholic resurgence that was initiated in response to, and as...

This list of Catholic artists concerns artists known, at least in part, for their works of religious Catholic art. It also includes artists whose position...

Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and dramatic style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white...

Naïve art is usually defined as visual art that is created by a person who lacks the formal education and training that a professional artist undergoes...

Contemporary art Contemporary art is a term used to describe the art of today, and it generally refers to art produced from the 1970s onwards. Contemporary...

small Byzantine works, and realism steadily grew in the art of Catholic Europe. Renaissance art had a greatly increased emphasis on the realistic depiction...

been one of the major subjects of Christian art, Catholic Art and Western Art since Early Christian art and she has been very widely portrayed in iconic...

Scene Painting Analytical art Antipodeans Arabesque Arbeitsrat für Kunst Art & Language Art Deco Art Informel Art Nouveau Art photography Arte Povera Artificial...

Angels in art Angel of the Lord Archdemon Bene Elohim Fallen angels List of angels in theology Kami Olympian spirits Saint Michael in the Catholic Church...

the Queen of Heaven has been a popular subject in Catholic art for centuries. Early Christian art shows Mary in an elevated position. She carries her...

An art movement is a tendency or style in art with a specific art philosophy or goal, followed by a group of artists during a specific period of time,...

played a large part in the transition from Impressionism and academic art to abstract art, symbolism and the other early movements of modernism. The members...

Mudéjar art, or Mudéjar style, was a type of ornamentation and decoration used in the Iberian Christian kingdoms, primarily between the 13th and 16th...