The Apotheosis of Saint Thomas Aquinas

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The Apotheosis of Saint Thomas Aquinas is a Baroque religious painting by Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán that glorifies the medieval theologian’s elevation to heavenly glory.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque painting
painting
religious painting
artForm oil painting
artisticStyle tenebrism
countryOfOrigin Spain
creator Francisco de Zurbarán
linked to: Zurbarán
culture Spanish Golden Age
depicts Christ
Dominican Order
linked to: Dominican friars

Dominican friars
Thomas Aquinas
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas

angels
books
heavenly glory
saints
the Church Militant
the Church Triumphant
the Holy Spirit
linked to: God the Holy Spirit

the Trinity
linked to: Trinity

the Virgin Mary
linked to: Virgin Mary

theologians
genre Christian art
hasTitle Apoteosis de Santo Tomás de Aquino
The Apotheosis of Saint Thomas Aquinas
inspiredBy Catholic Counter-Reformation
linked to: Counter-Reformation

Scholastic theology
languageOfTitle Spanish
mainSubject apotheosis of Thomas Aquinas
movement Baroque
period 17th century
portrays Thomas Aquinas as Doctor of the Church
Thomas Aquinas as saint
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
symbolizes divine wisdom
sanctity of learning
theological authority
theme glorification of theology
heavenly reward
triumph of divine wisdom

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Francisco de Zurbarán notableWork The Apotheosis of Saint Thomas Aquinas
subject linked to: Zurbarán
The Apotheosis of Saint Thomas Aquinas mainSubject apotheosis of Thomas Aquinas
linked to: The Apotheosis of Saint Thomas Aquinas
The Apotheosis of Saint Thomas Aquinas hasTitle The Apotheosis of Saint Thomas Aquinas