December 2017
Intermediate to advanced
208 pages
3h 39m
English
The religious impulse has been the motivating factor for countless works of art.
Most tribal art has a religious or devotional intention, and much ancient art revolves around religious practices. Western art was largely religious until the Renaissance and wasn’t dominated by secular art until the nineteenth century. Indeed, one might argue that the respect that is accorded to artworks in the contemporary world is part of the legacy of artworks as a focus of devotion. In some cases, religious images become so closely identified with their subjects that the popular audience has difficulty separating the two.
Religious imagery is often symmetrical. The colossal heads of Easter Island, the crucified Christ, and the myriad statues ...