Creation of Adam in my room: yay or nay?

[Angrboda]

I like a lot of religious art as well, but it's a very personal thing, and depends on the piece. For a long time (until the hook broke), I had an iconic portrait of Jesus Christ in a gilded frame over my bed. I don't know why. It just seemed to fit. (I was raised Christian, but I was never overly religious, and lost my faith fairly early.)


A wall size copy of Adam. Hrm. I must confess, it sounds a bit creepy to me. I'm enamored with Michelangelo and that work (the Chapel, I mean), but I'm not sure set and setting and such agrees with my taste. But then, as noted, it's a very personal thing. I'm sure Jesus over your bed would creep a lot of non-believers out. (The bulk of the pieces I have in my home are either Hindu or Buddhist. Though I have some miscellaneous pieces: pre-raphaelite works [I have a 'copy' of William Holman Hunt's "Scapegoat" — my favorite painting — in a gilded wooden frame], a small postcard of the Pieta, stuff from Mexico, and so on, but the bulk is Asian. Oh, and of course, I have a good bit of non-religious art, too.)

I dunno. Even if you're open to religious art, I think there may be some uses that may clash in predictable or unpredictable ways.