a tall, four-sided shaft that forms a pyramid at its tip; served as a type of religious monument in ancient Egypt. Examples of obelisks in Rome, Paris, and New York City were carried away from Egypt.

a painting or relief placed above or behind the altar in a church

in Western culture, the art of the period preceding the Middle Ages; the art of the Greeks and Romans between 1200 B.C. and A.D. 400

ancient times between 1200 B.C. and A.D. 400; the period preceding the Middle Ages

the end of the world according to Christian belief; an event predicted in the biblical Book of Revelation in which God separates the Blessed from the Damned, delivering the former into Heaven and the latter into Hell

refering to books that are excluded from the New Testament in some versions of the Christian Bible because of their dubious authenticity

the group of 12 disciples (including Peter, John, Matthew, and Judas) chosen by Christ to spread his teachings and whose writings are the basis of the New Testament of the Christian Bible

a defensive covering for the body, made of metal and used in battle during the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque periods

the part of a painting or drawing representing the space behind figures or objects that are close to the viewer (in the foreground)

in the biblical story of Christ’s crucifixion (the Passion Story), the two thieves who were executed with Christ. The "bad thief" on Christ’s left doubts that he is the son of God, and challenges him to save them from their executions. The "good thief" on Christ’s right rebukes the bad thief, saying that he and the other crimina [..]