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unusual facts about sacred art



Musée d'art sacré de Dijon

The Musée d'art sacré de Dijon is a municipal museum of Catholic Burgundian sacred art inaugurated in 1980 by Canon Jean Marilier in the Église Sainte-Anne of Dijon.


see also

Alpana

Alpana or alpona refers to colourful motifs, sacred art or painting done on a horizontal surface on auspicious occasions in Bengal like Puja, wedding or community events .

Arti Sacrum

Arti sacrum (Latin for: sacred art), a Dutch artists' society located in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Coloane Village

The chapel also housed a bone from the arm of St. Francis Xavier, who died in 1552 on Sanchuan Island, 50 miles from Macau, before the relic was transferred to Saint Joseph's Seminary and the Sacred Art Museum.

St. Paul's Abbey in the Lavanttal

The abbey possesses one of the largest collections of art in Europe, including graphics, coins, sacred art, and paintings by among others Rubens, Van Dyck, Dürer, Holbein and Kremser Schmidt, as well as an extensive and important library of over 180,000 books and manuscripts from between the 5th and 18th centuries.