different types of art and examples of each of the following: icons, painting, calligraphy, graffiti, sculpture

•icons - Icon of Saint Peter 

•has two keys to Heaven and Hell

•authority as he’s the leader of the apostles 

•authority to absolve sins 

•shepherds staff shows chief shepherd of Jesus’s flock 

•upside down cross shows unworthy crucifixion 

•rock jutting out to sea because it shows Peter is the rock upon where the church is built 

•painting - Rembrandt’s Return of the Prodigal Son 

•religious and spiritual painting, used for meditation and

 complementation 

•shows forgiveness, allowing viewers to spend time reflecting on

 what is meant being human etc. 

•older brother shows displease with folded hands in front of chest,

 looking down 

•grey beard shows following of his father and is on a step

•father shows forgiveness with a beard for wisdom, holding him like

 at the hands of God 

•calligraphy - Tracy Emin’s For You 

•shows her numinous experience 

•pink writing in a church, showing intimacy and romance as well as babies 

•simplistic and effective, offering self-contemplation for readers 

•a modern and emptive approach to an archaic topic 

•handwriting style shows a personal approach 

•glowing shows life and supernatural nature of God 

•graffiti - Camer1’s Nature Calls 

•deep messages are engraved into the graffiti 

•animals etc. and wildlife for Adam and Eve 

•shows society how we are ignoring the importance of creation and nature

•offers diversity and surprise as graffiti is normally negative 

•they feel so strongly at a given moment and need to express it 

•sculpture - Jacob Epstein’s Jacob and the Angel 

•from ‘Jacob and Esor’ 

•the angel is wrestling Jacob’s identity

•spirit holding Jacob up as he is special 

•God is here for us even through the most difficult times and we may struggle

•real growth experiences always comes with struggle and pain