sacred imagery
Religious visual art
Sacred imagery refers to visual representations connected to religious or spiritual traditions—depictions of deities, saints, holy symbols, or sacred narratives.
Such images appear in houses of worship, religious texts, and devotional art: The cathedral's sacred imagery included scenes from the life of Christ.
The term also extends to symbols and motifs that evoke transcendence or the divine outside formal religion.
- rosaryBeaded prayer counter
- chaliceOrnate ritual drinking vessel
- holy waterSacramental liquid for blessings
- shrineSacred devotional place
- Buddhist templeShrine for Eastern worship
lotus flower · ankh · temple · yin-yang · stained glass · crucifix · Virgin Mary · crescent moon · mandala · thangka · incense burner · eternal flame · iconography · tree of life · prayer rug · gold leaf · Torah scroll · cathedral
- Biblical Artreligious art, crucifixion, nativity, Annunciation, Last Supper
- religious printsholy cards, prayer cards, holy images, biblical scenes, nativity scenes
- illuminated manuscriptsilluminated manuscripts, illuminated manuscript, illuminated letters, illumination, illuminations
- Latin American textilesmola, indigo dye, natural dyes, traditional motifs, cultural symbols
- Hindu DeitiesVishnu, Shiva, Brahma, Ganesha, Ganesh
- Byzantine iconsicon painting, Russian icons, iconography, holy images, Orthodox icons