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Religious Art: Yea or Nay?
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RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay?
(January 8, 2018 at 9:34 pm)Tres Leches Wrote:
(January 7, 2018 at 1:00 pm)Grandizer Wrote: I certainly do find Renaissance (and later) art to be amazing, religious or non-religious. It's some of the modern art that I find unappealing and I don't really understand what people see in those silly red rectangles or splatters of random dots or toilet stools. I know it gives them weird nice feelings, but fuck if I could feel what they feel.

*bold mine
lol That reminds me of a visit I made with my daughter to the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco last spring. While strolling through the galleries, we came upon a toilet bowl. I'm not sure what it was supposed to convey but my daughter said incredulously "Mom, it's a toilet bowl". I just rolled my eyes and we moved on.

There is a lot of incredible art that has religious themes. I remember standing in King's College Chapel in Cambridge, England and looking around me at the design and architecture in amazement. The art in my home is secular but if I dismissed all art that has religion in it, I would miss out on a lot.

-Teresa

I can remember once going to the Art Instutute on a field trip. They had these chairs in one room, and a guard told me off for sitting in one of them. My uncle had a chair identical to that and he never told me off for sitting in it (and he was a sociopath.) It did not occur to me that they would be putting a chair on display, not roped off or otherwise put in a situation where it would be inconvenient to use it. Fortunately, I don't hold much ill will against them. They have my favourite painting of all time. Feel free to guess what it is (hint: you probably shouldn't have to think too hard about it if you know me or are just looking at this post).
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.

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Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 7, 2018 at 9:51 am
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by The Grand Nudger - January 7, 2018 at 10:02 am
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by vorlon13 - January 7, 2018 at 10:33 am
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by Longhorn - January 7, 2018 at 10:48 am
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by Brian37 - January 7, 2018 at 10:53 am
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by Mr.Obvious - January 7, 2018 at 10:55 am
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by Brian37 - January 7, 2018 at 11:00 am
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by Mr.Obvious - January 7, 2018 at 11:04 am
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by Brian37 - January 7, 2018 at 11:07 am
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by Mr.Obvious - January 8, 2018 at 6:34 am
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by Angrboda - January 7, 2018 at 1:12 pm
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 7, 2018 at 11:09 am
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 7, 2018 at 11:06 am
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by Catholic_Lady - January 7, 2018 at 12:06 pm
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by Brian37 - January 7, 2018 at 12:19 pm
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by Minimalist - January 7, 2018 at 12:20 pm
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by Brian37 - January 7, 2018 at 12:23 pm
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by brewer - January 7, 2018 at 12:24 pm
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by Whateverist - January 7, 2018 at 12:41 pm
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by Mermaid - January 7, 2018 at 12:44 pm
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by Rev. Rye - January 7, 2018 at 12:50 pm
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by Grandizer - January 7, 2018 at 1:00 pm
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 7, 2018 at 1:04 pm
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by Seraphina - January 8, 2018 at 9:34 pm
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by Rev. Rye - January 8, 2018 at 11:46 pm
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by Anomalocaris - January 8, 2018 at 10:35 pm
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by Nay_Sayer - January 8, 2018 at 10:51 pm
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by Antares - January 13, 2018 at 8:33 am
RE: Religious Art: Yea or Nay? - by Martian Mermaid - January 17, 2018 at 11:56 pm

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