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Religious line
Pope Bust
Pope John Paul bust
by Arkahdia Arts
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John Paul II (1920-2005 ), pope (1978-2005 ), the first non-Italian pope since 1523.
This Pontiff energetic approach to his office, unprecedented world travel, and firm religious conservatism have enhanced the influence of the papacy in both the Roman Catholic Church and the non-Catholic world. John Paul II was born Karol Wojtyla on May 18, 1920, in Wadowice, Poland. The pope studied poetry and drama at Jagiellonian University. John Paul II leadership, compassion, and committment to Human rights will probably make him the next man to be canonize as a saint.
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Pope John Paul bust Busts BU117
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About Religious Architecture
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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