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Stain glass : San Sebastian Church

Keywords : San Sebastian

Site common nameSan Sebastian
Type of artworkPainting
Village-
Province/CityManila
StateManila
CountryPhilippines
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 14.599444
Long : 120.988889

History of production-
ArtSan Sebastian in Manila is one of the Gothic-styled churches which are quite rare in Manila. The windows of this church are beautified with the stain glass making the inside of the church very dim. This technic is normally applied for the Gothic church elsewhere.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodEarly Spanish influence
Age17th -20th century
ReligionChristianity
SectCatholic
Religion and beliefThe stain glass at San Sebastain depicts the life story of Jesus Christ. This picture is the episode of the sermon at the Jewish temple while the Chirst was young.
Related artworkJesus Christ as a child sitting at the throne surround of the Jewish teachers. The Greek-Cross depicted on his halo allows us to identify this figure as Jesus Christ.

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-07-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali