Holy Spirit in Christian art
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The Holy Spirit has been represented in Christian art both in the Eastern and Western Churches using a variety of depictions.
The Holy Spirit as a dove in the Annunciation by Rubens, 1628
Baptism of Christ by Pietro Perugino, circa 1498
Scene by Filippo Lippi, 1459
Both hands of God (relatively unusual) and the Holy Spirit as a dove in Baptism of Christ, by Verrocchio, 1472.
Aniconism in Christianity
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Aniconism is the absence of material representations of the natural world and the supernatural in various cultures. Most denominations of Christianity have not generally practiced aniconism, or the av
A simple cross replaced a mosaic figure during the Byzantine iconoclasm, Hagia Irene Church in Istanbul
Print of the destruction in the Church of Our Lady in Antwerp by Calvinists, the "signature event" of the Beeldenstorm, August 20, 1566, by Frans Hogenberg
Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Interior of Saint Bavo, Haarlem, 1631, a medieval cathedral stripped bare after it adopted the Reformed faith.
St Severin, Keitum, a German Lutheran church that retains its pre-Reformation carved altarpiece as well as other smaller post-Reformation paintings.