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Sacred World Art Collection

To print or download an image for educational use, go here: https://www.artworkarchive.com/rooms/sacred/eb459f In 2014, the Institute for Aesthetic Development (IAD) and F. Lanier Graham donated an extensive teaching collection of sacred objects to the Graduate Theological Union. Graham's ancestors collected from a range of geographical interests. He has studied world religions since his early adolescence. He has worked most of his life as an art and museum curator and art and world religions professor. His written works are extensive and many address issues of aesthetics and the spiritual. As president and director of the IAD for over 40 years, he has developed many innovative educational programs for schools, museums, cultural centers, and television.

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  1. Garuda, Image 1.

    Garuda

    Silvered Brass

    6 x 10.25 x 2.5 in (15.24 x 26.04 x 6.35 cm)

  2. Kangling, Image 5.

    Kangling

    human femur, brass, leather

    11 x 3 x 3 in (27.94 x 7.62 x 7.62 cm)

  3. Celestial Dancer (Devata), Image 6.

    Celestial Dancer (Devata)

    Composite (original sandstone)

    21.5 x 9 x 6 in (54.61 x 22.86 x 15.24 cm)

  4. Cloisters Cross, Image 10.

    Cloisters Cross

    Composite Resin

    25.75 x 13.5 x 5 in (65.41 x 34.29 x 12.7 cm)

  5. Nkisi Nkondi, Power Figure--11 or elsewhere, Image 5.

    Nkisi Nkondi, Power Figure--11 or elsewhere

    wood, nails, twine, glass

    24 x 9 x 9 in (60.96 x 22.86 x 22.86 cm)

  6. Mami, Yam Mask, Image 2.

    Mami, Yam Mask

    Painted rattan and feathers

    14 x 10 x 1 in (35.56 x 25.4 x 2.54 cm)

  7. Shah Jahan (1592-1666) by Shri Kailash Raj , Image 1.

    Shri Kailash Raj

    Shah Jahan (1592-1666)

    Guache on Paper

    10 x 7 in (25.4 x 17.78 cm)

  8. Garden of Love by Wassily Kandinsky , Image 1.

    Wassily Kandinsky

    Garden of Love

    woodcut

    9.5 x 9.5 in (24.13 x 24.13 cm)

  9. The Voyage of Life: Childhood by Thomas Cole, Image 6.

    Thomas Cole

    The Voyage of Life: Childhood

    Engraving

    15.31 x 22.81 in (38.89 x 57.94 cm)

  10. Cycladic Female Figurine, Image 3.

    Cycladic Female Figurine

    Modern composite

    4 x 1.8 x 1 in (10.16 x 4.57 x 2.54 cm)

  11. Faust by Rembrandt van Rihn, Image 1.

    Rembrandt van Rihn

    Faust

    Later print of a 17th century etching

    8.25 x 6.375 in (20.96 x 16.19 cm)

  12. Nude with a Mirror by Giovanni Bellini , Image 2.

    Giovanni Bellini

    Nude with a Mirror

    Print on canvas of original, oil on poplar

    10.5 x 13.5 in (26.67 x 34.29 cm)

  13. The Prophet by Emil Nolde, Image 1.

    Emil Nolde

    The Prophet

    print of original, lithograph from woodcut

    12.625 x 8.75 in (32.07 x 22.23 cm)

  14. Madonna and Child by Duccio di Buoninsegna, Image 1.

    Duccio di Buoninsegna

    Madonna and Child

    Print of original, tempera and gold on wood

    11 x 8.25 in (27.94 x 20.96 cm)

  15. Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci, Image 1.

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Vitruvian Man

    Print of original, paper and Ink

    19.5 x 13.5 in (49.53 x 34.29 cm)

  16. Le pas du patineur (Ice Skater) by Henri Matisse, Image 1.

    Henri Matisse

    Le pas du patineur (Ice Skater)

    Print of original serigraph (Lithograph)

    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.32 cm)

  17. Kali, Mother of the Four Great Gods: Indra, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva by Kailash Raj, Image 7.

    Kailash Raj

    Kali, Mother of the Four Great Gods: Indra, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva

    Watercolor and Gold on Paper

    9.75 x 6.5 in (24.77 x 16.51 cm)

  18. Virgin and Child by Dieric Bouts, Image 1.

    Dieric Bouts

    Virgin and Child

    Print of original, oil on wood

    10 x 7 in (25.4 x 17.78 cm)

  19. Annunciatory Angel by Fra Angelico, Image 1.

    Fra Angelico

    Annunciatory Angel

    Modern plaster copy of original, fresco

    9 x 8 in (22.86 x 20.32 cm)

  20. Portrait of Luca Pacioli by Jacopo de' Barbari, Image 1.

    Jacopo de' Barbari

    Portrait of Luca Pacioli

    Print of original, tempera on panel; reproduction on canvas.

    10.625 x 11.25 in (26.99 x 28.58 cm)

  21. Dante Portrait with quote "I love to doubt, as well as know." by Sandro Botticelli, Image 1.

    Sandro Botticelli

    Dante Portrait with quote "I love to doubt, as well as know."

    Print of original, tempera on wood

    9 x 7 in (22.86 x 17.78 cm)

  22. And They Crucified Him by Salvador Dali, Image 2.

    Salvador Dali

    And They Crucified Him

    color lithograph

    11.5 x 7.5 in (29.21 x 19.05 cm)

  23. Enso by Shunryo Suzuki Roshi, Image 2.

    Shunryo Suzuki Roshi

    Enso

    Original lithograph

    14 x 10.5 in (35.56 x 26.67 cm)

  24. Torei En'ni Calligraphy Print by Torei En'ni, Image 2.

    Torei En'ni

    Torei En'ni Calligraphy Print

    Print of original, ink on paper

    14.25 x 2.5 in (36.2 x 6.35 cm)

  25. Rainy Season in the Tropics by Frederic Edwin Church, Image 1.

    Frederic Edwin Church

    Rainy Season in the Tropics

    Print of original oil on canvas

    15 x 24 in (38.1 x 60.96 cm)