The increase in wealth during the 12th century allowed artists to display their talents in churches. The apse entitled Christ in Majesty with the symbols of the four evangelists in the church of Santa Maria de Mur shows the representation of divinity through subject, technique and style. In the apse the main subjects revolve around scenes from the Old and New Testaments with Christ as the focal point. As for the technique, the artist used fresco painting instead of mosaics to display the images. The style of the apse avoids a sense of realism by hiding the figures' bodies in the drapery and using the hierarchy of stairs. Considering its age of over eight hundred years, the Christ in Majesty with the symbols of the four evangelists remains in remarkable condition. However, pieces of the original apse, originally from the Catalan chapel in Spain, have faded. Portions, especially along the bottom, have disappeared over time. Although it was moved to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, it has not been fully restored. The artist identified each of the apostles in Christ in Majesty with the symbols of the four evangelists, but the writing has become weaker and this creates difficulties for art historians. Another key element of the overall story represented has faded, namely one of the lamps or incense holders under Christ. The positions of the stories in the apse show the importance of the figures represented in the images. The position of Christ in the center of the apse holding a book in his left hand provides a direct relationship to the Bible. His right hand raised in blessing illustrates his divine power towards the people, who receive the sacrament on the altar below him. Christ is also surrounded by stars, which… in the center of the paper… the creation stories occurred before the Sacrifice of Cain and Abel, and this would follow the same standard as the New Testament stories below. The representation of divinity was clearly defined in Christ in Majesty with the symbols of the four evangelists through subject, technique and style. Christ serves as the focal point, but the artist also used various subjects from the Old and New Testaments to decorate the apse. Unlike the apse mosaics of Byzantine churches, the artist used the classical fresco technique. The artist also applied decoration to the figures with the hierarchy of scales and through geometric style in the drapery instead of maintaining a sense of realism. Works Cited Kleiner, Fred, Gardner's Art through the Ages: A Global History, Fourteenth Edition The Middle Ages, Book B (Boston: Wadsworth, 2013), 348.