OBS 868 Iconography
Program : Baccalaureate in Theology Semester : Credits : 1.5 Teacher : Rev. Fr Kooroth Jacob Aim The course pictures Iconography as a particular type of Church art. which represents a significant branch of Christian spirituality ever since the early centuries. The earliest Christian images we have, appeared around the year 200 as wall paintings in catacombs, and as sculpted figures on sarcophagi. Christian artists of the first centuries sought new ways to express their faith experience in painting. Given that the art of the first centuries was didactic in scope and the Christianized pagan art forms, facilitated the early Christians to perceive the Christian message.The primitive forms of Christian art are still to be seen in the catacombs of…