Atheism in art

[Mister Agenda]

All the art that isn't theistic.

[Angrboda]

How would you recognize atheism in art? Atheism is the absence of something, not a presence. It has no stories, no patriarchs, no world changing events. What exactly would atheism in art consist of?

[Crossless2.0]

How would you recognize atheism in art?  Atheism is the absence of something, not a presence.  It has no stories, no patriarchs, no world changing events.  What exactly would atheism in art consist of?

Richard Dawkins nudes?  

[I_am_not_mafia]

Presumably there would be films called "God is dead" where a college lecturer is reported by a student to HR for preaching the gospel rather than teaching accountancy.

[Lucanus]

How would you recognize atheism in art?  Atheism is the absence of something, not a presence.  It has no stories, no patriarchs, no world changing events.  What exactly would atheism in art consist of?

Richard Dawkins nudes?  

Ewwww

[Simon Moon]

Religion inspired Goethe and Bulgakov, Titian and Caravaggio, Bach and Mozart

any significant work of art inspired by atheism? I can't think of any 

It seems hard to be inspired by a disbelief in an unsupported claim.

But, there are plenty of atheist artists.


Musicians :

Brian Eno - electronic music pioneer
Michael Åkerfeldt - guitarist and composer (prog metal band Opeth)
Georges Bizet (French classical composer Carmen)
Bjork - very creative singer/composer
David Gilmour - guitarist Ping Floyd
Bela Bartok
Leoš Janáček - Czech classical composer
Geddy Lee - bassist and lead singer Rush
Randy Newman - singer/songwriter
Sergei Prokofiev - Russian classical composer
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Russian classical composer
Camille Saint-Saëns - French classical composer
Dmitri Shostakovich - Russian composer
Frank Zappa - rock guitarist, composer,

Artists:

Henri Matisse
Picasso
Mark Rothko
Frank Loyd Wright
Marcel Duchamp
Claude Monet

Authors:

James Baldwin
Tariq Ali
Bertolt Brecht
André Breton
Charles Bukowski
Albert Camus
Anton Chekhov
Franz Kafka
Sinclair Lewis
Pablo Neruda
Joyce Carol Oates
Sarah Vowell
H.G. Wells


This list is just the tip of the iceberg. I am sure you will see that it is a pretty impressive list. Many of those artists, authors and musician are easily in the same class as the ones you mention.

Again, I am not sure it can be said that these artists were "inspired by atheism", per se.

[downbeatplumb]

Religion inspired Goethe and Bulgakov, Titian and Caravaggio, Bach and Mozart

any significant work of art inspired by atheism? I can't think of any 

Well if we describe non-religious art as "atheist" art, then that would be most of it.

Otherwise what in the zarkwans name could it be?

Perhaps this.





or this.





What would a sculpture of no god look like or a no god painting?

[The Valkyrie]

Picasso - atheist!

Also “artist”.

[Silver]

Picasso - atheist!

Also “artist”.

I'm certain the blood spatter you create could be considered a Pollock, correct?  The spatter would certainly be reminiscent.

[Fireball]

Also “artist”.

I'm certain the blood spatter you create could be considered a Pollock, correct?  The spatter would certainly be reminiscent.

[steps back to eye walls] Hmm, too much red; needs a little more mustard.