Manga De Wakaru "Seiyo Kaiga" No Mikata Seisho Hen

[Machine Translation] The Bible, with a total circulation of 6 billion copies, is the bestselling book of all time. Even if you know that knowledge of Christianity is indispensable for understanding Europe, it may be a hurdle for you to start reading it suddenly. In such a case, let's imitate the people of the past and start with paintings. In those days when literacy was low and books were expensive, people learned and experienced the teachings of Jesus through paintings. If you learn about Christian painting, which was one of the major genres in Western painting, you will understand the history of Western painting and the thoughts of the people, and you will become familiar with paintings and the Bible.

総発行部数60億部ともいわれる、人類最大のベストセラー聖書。キリスト教の知識は、ヨーロッパを理解するのにかかせないものとわかっていても、急に読みはじめるのはハードルが高い...。そんなときには、昔の人々のまねをして絵画から始めてみましょう。識字率が低く、本も高価だった時代、人々は絵画を通して、イエスの教えを学び、体感しました。西洋絵画において一大ジャンルだったキリスト教絵画を知れば西洋絵画の歴史や人々の思いもわかり、絵画や聖書が身近なものになってきます。