Buddhist Drawings Influenced from Christianity in the Exhibition for Goryeo Dynasty

I could see some buddhist drawings which seemed to be influence from the culture of Christianity.

The drawings were founded on the area of Don Whang which was located on the silk road.
When this painting was drawn, it was strongly influenced from the Orthodox Church.
These paintings were borrowed from the foreign museums to compare with those of Goryeo dynasty

These paintings are Jijang Bodhisattva who cares for the dead.
What attack my eyes was the background of those paintings

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The background of the boddisattva was as same as the halo of the christianity paintings.

In my guess, this painting is the evidence of the mixture between the culture of Christianity and Buddhism.

The drawing below has a green halo is very impressive. For me, it was a first chance to see those green color of the halo among Buddhist paintings.

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I thought this painting was also deeply influenced from Christianity culture.
It was not a good condition to take the photos due to the dark illumination.

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