One of the first painted altarpieces in North and Western Europe, it also marks a more populist approach to Christianity, with realist figures depicted next to
more sacred elements.
Not exact matches
For instance, Habermas pays
more explicit attention to economic development and to the state, credits the social sciences with a
more prominent role in cultural evolution, and stresses secular procedures as
elements of legitimation rather than emphasizing
sacred or religious values.
Given the importance of water both practically and symbolically there is
more than an
element of the
sacred.
On the other hand, «face time» (for the sake of face time) is, for better and worse,
more than simply an antiquated relic of a simpler time — in some cases it may seem an almost
sacred element of firm culture.»