This gallery includes Islamic and Christian art that shows how their color choices compare with one another in artworks such as paintings, sculptures, and other mediums. This gallery also compares how different beliefs and environments, bring up different types of artwork.
Mosque Lamp, Unknown, Egypt, 1350-1365, 1350/1365, From the collection of: The Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar
This Mosque Lamp is an example of the types of oil lamps used to light up a Mosque/Muslim place of worship. The colors used for this lamp are blue, red, green, and gold. Qur'an text is usually on the lamp also.
Bronze Cup with Silver Inlay, Unknown, Turkey, 1275-1300, 1275/1300, From the collection of: The Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar
This bronze cup was first used as a luxury item but later into something with miracle powers. This cup has Quran text in silver color. It was believed that if one were to drink from this, one could be cured from an illness. Much artwork from the religion of Islam contains Qur'anic quotations.
Brass Planispheric Astrolabe, Unknown, Pakistan, 16th Century, 1500/1600, From the collection of: The Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar
al Buraq, unknown, 1770/1775, From the collection of: National Museum - New Delhi
This painting is supposed to represent the story of al Buraq, who carried Muhammed into the heavens. Al Buraq is the creature shown. This Islamic art uses colors such as blue, red, green, orange, and different shades of brown. Islamic painting display darker colors when compared to Christianity artwork.
Islamic Religious Leader, Han Rak-yeon, 1898/1946, From the collection of: Korea Data Agency
This is a painting of an Islamic religious leader. This painting shows dull colors. Colors used are grey, black, red, and blue. The use of dull colors was probably due the the environment of the artist and what the place actually looked like in this painting.
Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels, Carlo Crivelli, Italian (active Venice and Marches), first documented 1457, died 1495/1500, c. 1472, From the collection of: Philadelphia Museum of Art
This painting shows Christ with his wounds next to two angels. The colors used in this painting are gold, white, and brown. Paintings in the Christianity religion show usually show Christ, angels, and saints that are important.
Ansgar's mission, Engelbert Peiffer, Modern Age, From the collection of: Hamburg Archaeological Museum
This statue is a representation of Ansgar as a symbol of when he put effort in trying to spread Christianity north of Denmark. This is a stone statue with minimal color. Some gold is shown on the outfit of the statue.
Christ Teaching at Capernaum, Maurycy Gottlieb, 1878 - 1879, From the collection of: The National Museum in Warsaw
Christ in the Realm of the Dead, Joakim Skovgaard, 1891-1894, From the collection of: SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst
This artwork is a great example of showing color differences when comparing Islam and Christianity artwork. For example, many bright colors are shown giving importance to jesus as demonstrated with the white beams of light over him. All the dead are in grey representing they are not alive anymore and Christ is the only one in color.
The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine, Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari), c. 1547, From the collection of: The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
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