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Religious Line
Statuette
Jesus statue(Waist and up)
by Arkahdia Arts
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Jesus (7–2 BC/BCE to 26–36 AD/CE), also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity, and is also an important figure in several other religions. He is also called Jesus Christ, where "Christ" is a title derived from the Greek (Christós), meaning the "Anointed One," which corresponds to the Hebrew-derived "Messiah". The name "Jesus" is an Anglicization of the Greek (Iesous), itself a Hellenization of the Hebrew (Yehoshua) or Hebrew-Aramaic (Yeshua), meaning "YHWH rescues".
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Jesus statue(Waist and up) R2
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The French cathedral in the town of Chartres, near Paris, is especially rich in finecraftsmanship. The figures in our picture are of the same stone as the columns and are part of them architecturally. Their gestures and expressions, like the simple pattern of their robes, seem frozen and unreal. And yet, in their very columnlike simplicity and rigid stiffness, they
fulfill their architectural purpose admirably. Like the saints in the Byzantine paintings and mosaics of this period, their stylized, formal quality was set by tradition and by the church.
The Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris shows us the ingenuity and humor of medieval sculpture.
Early in the Gothic period, sculptors adorned walls and roofs of churches with awe-inspiring monsters, symbolizing the devil's evil ways. Those extending from the wall as spouts for rain water are known as gargoyles; those that simply served to scare men into mending their ways are called chimeras. Late Gothic sculptors created many fanciful figures.
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Arkahdia Arts Studio,
a European immigrant now living in New York started a studio dedicated to casting these pieces of Art. By focusing the business on two goals;(1) to save pieces which have been produced in another medium in bygone times, and (2) to bring new artist's work to the public, the product lines have prospered, delighted and excited.
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