RHBC 185: Christianity's Impact on The Arts

2. Christianity’s Impact on The Arts

3. I. Christianity’s Impact Upon Art.
(Exod. 36:1-2; Eccles. 3:11)

4. IXoYe OR icthus

5. Hagia and Sophia

6. Christ Enthrones with the Apostles

7. The Multiplication of Loaves &
Fishes

8. Praying Hands

9. The Crucifixion of Christ

10. II. Christianity’s Impact Upon
Architecture (1 Kings 6:23-28)

11. Renaissance Era Cathedrals :
1)They were (and still are) physically aesthetic
2)No two were alike
3)They took decades (some more than a century)
to construct
4)They were adorned with biblically based art,
statues, frescoes, and sometimes engravings
5)They towered above everything else in a city.
6) They were visible from miles away
7)Their bells regulated the town’s activities
8)Their stained-glass windows added to the
overall grandeur.

12. St. Andrews Chapel
A modern church built with an ancient
purpose

13. III. Christianity’s Impact Upon Music
(Ps. 66:4-5)

14. A. Early Church Music

15. B. Innovations of Church Music
in the Middle Ages

16. • The Oratorio

17. • The Symphony

18. • The Sonata

19. • The Cantata

20. • The Concerto

21. C. Gospel Centered Music of
the Reformation

22. Martin Luther

23. Charles Wesley

24. Johann Sebastian Bach

25. George Frideric Handel

26. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

27. Ludwig van Beethoven

28. “If every flower of the world and tree
in the forest should declare our
God reigns. So should every stroke
of the artist’s brush and note of the
musician’s score”
--Dr. Deron Cobb