The
color green came to take on a symbolic role in religion and religious
art. The prophet Mohammed declared green to be his favorite color and
wore a robe of it, green is even seen as the color of Islam. An early
Persian mosaic of the Three Magi shows green, worn as a cloak, as the
virtue of penitence personified in a color. The Holy Ghost is often portrayed
as a white dove against a green backdrop as early Christians often associated
green with faith. The green knight was the one who quested for the holy
grail. Green has been seen as the color of learning, of youth, of tranquility,
of righteousness, of the hero, of great quests, of new beginnings, of
Spring, of the day Sunday in the catholic church, of uncontrolled sexuality,
of philosophy, of the supernatural, of immortality, of poison, of healing,
of fertility, of birth and of rebirth. Throughout the ages in different
cultures green has taken a prominent position in art and literature, used
to symbolize all of the above.
