ART AND RELIGION
Art and Religion are inseparatable. This means that art and religion are closely related because they both deal with the quest for man's self-understanding. It may be that art is the means by which many people are introduced into what are essentially religious or theological problems. It is with these boundary-line situations that so much art deals-that is, with the problems of death, pain, guilt, and struggle. This is because in these situations we become aware of those basic contradictions and antinomies, which are supremely characteristic of human existence. The question "Who am I?" is asked with respect to the boundary-line experiences and not with respect to some timeless essence. The amount of interest in the Religious Arts in increasing as sensitive young men and women seek in the arts some answers to the question of their self-identity.
So, this being said, I present to you the featured deviations of the man men and women, both young and not so young, of the files of deviantArt :
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Don't agree, art strives beyond religion. Which is the release of man, not the compass by which art is guided.
Art will chose a theme, but not it need to be religious. I find this very annoying. Self discovery is not religious, its human. Inspiration comes from everything including poo.
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The hell it is. The initial intention of art was communication long before the written language came into being. It has nothing to do with religion aside from the fact that there are some rather lovely RELIGIOUSLY INSPIRED artworks and that those artworks were predominantly used for illustrating to the common masses the stories of religion, ie, communication - it's basic anthropology there. Sure there are some who think of their artwork as an expression of their faith and understanding of themselves as you've described but it's foolish to generalise all art under the same presumption.
Religion still inspires art today, but there is a lot out there that isn't religious, too. I do like the idea of exploring the religious side of art, though!
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