Religious Imagery In Art. In choosing religious topics they turned our attention to areas of our life both private and public impacted both directly and indirectly by the church and religion itself. If it were not for seeing the centuries of full scale sacred works of art in rome italy he never would have understood the transformative impact they have.
Feb 2 2016 traditionally art history has been inherently elitist and exclusive both socially and intellectually. The metropolitan museum of art gala on monday was the result of a months long collaboration between the museum s costume institute and the vatican. Up until the renaissance art was almost exclusively informed by religious motifs.
Yet as the italian renaissance progressed western culture began to change drastically allowing for a certain type of secular art to emerge.
Connoisseurship was seen as a superior refined skill and the products of art historical scholarship. Throughout art history religion and its symbolism and iconography have served as a point of reference for a range of artists. Religious art or sacred art is artistic imagery using religious inspiration and motifs and is often intended to uplift the mind to the spiritual. See more ideas about religious art religious religious icons.