Triumph of Christianity
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| - | [[Image:Tommaso.Laureti.Triumph.of.Christianity.jpg|right|thumb|200px|This page '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is part of the [[Christianity]] series.<br><Small>Illustration: ''[[Triumph of Christianity]]'' (detail) by [[Tommaso Laureti]] (1530-1602.)</small>]]{{Template}} | + | [[Image:Tommaso.Laureti.Triumph.of.Christianity.jpg|right|thumb|200px|This page '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is part of the [[Christianity]] series.<br><Small>Illustration: ''[[Triumph of Christianity]]'' (detail) by [[Tommaso Laureti]] (1530-1602.)</small>]] |
| - | ''[[Triumph of Christianity]]''[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:0_Triomphe_du_christianisme_-_Sala_di_Costantino_-_Vatican.JPG] (also known as '''Triumph of the Cross''') is a [[ceiling painting]] at the [[Sala di Costantino]], one of the [[Raphael Rooms]] in the [[Apostolic Palace]], painted by [[Tommaso Laureti]] (1530-1602). Images like this celebrate the [[destruction]] of ancient [[Paganism|pagan]] culture and the [[victory]] of [[Christianity]]. The painting depicts an ancient statue of the god [[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]] lying broken on the ground. | + | {{Template}} |
| + | ''[[Triumph of Christianity]]'' (also known as '''Triumph of the Cross''' and '''Triumph of Christianity Over Paganism''') is a ceiling fresco decorating the vault of the [[Raphael_Rooms#Sala_di_Costantino|Sala di Costantino]] ("Hall of Constanine"), one of the [[Raphael Rooms]] in the [[Apostolic Palace]] of [[Vatican City]], painted by [[Tommaso Laureti]] (1530-1602). | ||
| - | The fresco is in the largest of the four Raphael Rooms, the ''Sala di Costantino'' ("Hall of Constantine"). Its paintings were not begun until [[Pope Julius]] and indeed, [[Raphael]] himself had died. The room is dedicated to the [[victory of Christianity over paganism]]. Its frescoes represent this struggle from the life of the Roman Emperor [[Constantine I (emperor)|Constantine]]. | + | The Sala di Costantino is the largest of the four Raphael Rooms. |
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| + | Images like this one celebrate [[the destruction of ancient pagan culture]] by [[early Christians]]. | ||
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| + | The painting depicts an ancient statue of the god [[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]] lying [[broken]] on the ground. | ||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| + | *[[Topple]] | ||
| *[[Raphael_Rooms#Sala_di_Costantino]] | *[[Raphael_Rooms#Sala_di_Costantino]] | ||
| *[[Christianity and Paganism]] | *[[Christianity and Paganism]] | ||
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Illustration: Triumph of Christianity (detail) by Tommaso Laureti (1530-1602.)
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Triumph of Christianity (also known as Triumph of the Cross and Triumph of Christianity Over Paganism) is a ceiling fresco decorating the vault of the Sala di Costantino ("Hall of Constanine"), one of the Raphael Rooms in the Apostolic Palace of Vatican City, painted by Tommaso Laureti (1530-1602).
The Sala di Costantino is the largest of the four Raphael Rooms.
Images like this one celebrate the destruction of ancient pagan culture by early Christians.
The painting depicts an ancient statue of the god Mercury lying broken on the ground.
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See also
- Topple
- Raphael_Rooms#Sala_di_Costantino
- Christianity and Paganism
- Christianization
- Early Christianity
- History of Christianity
- Triumphalism
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