Religious Art: Yea or Nay?
January 7, 2018 at 9:51 am
(This post was last modified: January 7, 2018 at 9:51 am by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(inspired by the disgusting religious words thread)
Are you able to appreciate religious art as art? In other words, can you separate the art from the artist?
Some of the most breathtakingly beautiful works of art ever produced by humans have been inspired by religion, and executed by deeply religious artists. A few examples include Michelangelo's Pieta, the stained glass at Chartres Cathedral, and Pacher's St. Wolfgang Altarpiece. These (and many more) have always impressed or moved me as much as purely secular art.
Boru
Are you able to appreciate religious art as art? In other words, can you separate the art from the artist?
Some of the most breathtakingly beautiful works of art ever produced by humans have been inspired by religion, and executed by deeply religious artists. A few examples include Michelangelo's Pieta, the stained glass at Chartres Cathedral, and Pacher's St. Wolfgang Altarpiece. These (and many more) have always impressed or moved me as much as purely secular art.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
