Examples of religious art in the following topics:
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- Islamic art is not restricted to religious art, but instead includes all of the art of the rich and varied cultures of Islamic societies.
- Islamic religious art differs greatly from Christian religious art traditions.
- Because figural representations are generally considered to be forbidden in Islam, the word takes on religious meaning in art as seen in the tradition of calligraphic inscriptions.
- Calligraphy and the decoration of manuscript Qu'rans is an important aspect of Islamic art as the word takes on religious and artistic significance.
- Other religious art, such as glass mosque lamps, Girih tiles, woodwork, and carpets usually demonstrate the same style and motifs as contemporary secular art, although they exhibit more prominent religious inscriptions.
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- Religious or sacred art uses religious inspiration and motifs in order to illustrate the principles of a religion in a tangible form, and is often intended to provide spiritual instruction and connection with believers.
- Through the course of history, much of art has traditionally been patronized by wealthy and powerful individuals, including rulers and aristocrats, as well as various civic and religious institutions.
- An example of religious art, this painting was commissioned by the Catholic Church during the Renaissance.
- Like a great deal of religious art, the painting is meant to communicate the spiritual beauty of the religious concept echoed in the aesthetic beauty of an oil painting.
- The work reflects the context of its time, in which art was driven nearly exclusively by religious institutions and used to illustrate and provide instruction about the principles of the religion.
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- A sacred art object refers to art that makes use of religious inspiration and motifs.
- A sacred art object refers to art that makes use of religious inspiration and motifs.
- Sacred art often revolves around the ritual practices of the artist's or commissioner's religious tradition.
- Islamic art prohibits representational images in religious art, and evolved to be comprised mainly of calligraphic decorations and repetitive geometric patterns .
- Intended to express the ideals of order and of nature, these geometric patterns are used to adorn religious architecture, carpets, manuscripts, and other art objects.
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- The political, socioeconomic, and cultural setting that a work of art is created in will affect how it is perceived within art history.
- The canon of art history, however, has historically conveyed the political, religious, and philosophical ideals of the dominant power.
- Art history is the academic study of art objects in their historical development and stylistic contexts (i.e., genre, design, form, and style).
- In many ways, the historical backbone of art history is a celebratory chronology of beautiful creations of art commissioned by religious or civic institutions or wealthy individuals.
- Patronage of the arts has been used throughout history to endorse the ambitions and agenda of these institutions and individuals, and has been particularly important in the creation of religious art.
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- Islamic art encompasses the visual arts produced from the 7th century onwards by people who lived within the territory that was inhabited or ruled by culturally Islamic populations.
- Islamic art is not restricted to religious art; it includes all the art of the rich and varied cultures of Islamic societies as well.
- Apart from the ever-present calligraphic inscriptions, specifically religious art is actually less prominent in Islamic art than in Western medieval art, with the exception of Islamic architecture where mosques and their complexes of surrounding buildings are the most common remains.
- Figurative painting may cover religious scenes, but normally in essentially secular contexts such as the walls of palaces or illuminated books of poetry.
- The calligraphy and decoration of manuscript Qur'ans is an important aspect, but other religious art like glass mosque lamps and other mosque fittings such as tiles, woodwork, and carpets usually have the same style and motifs as contemporary secular art, although religious inscriptions are even more prominent.
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- Religious cosmology explains the origin, history, and evolution of the universe based on the religious mythology of a specific tradition.
- Religious cosmology is a way of explaining the origin, the history, and the evolution of the cosmos or universe, based on the religious mythology of a specific tradition.
- In religious art, cosmology is often expressed in painting, sculpture, or architecture in order to teach followers the belief structure of the relationship between humans and a particular deity, as well as an understanding of the origin of the universe.
- Hence, a majority of Buddhist religious art in Indian, Chinese, and Tibetan cultures depicts figures in meditation: who achieve various mental states that allow them to reflect on the infinite nature of the universe and achieve inner purity (, ).
- Accordingly, Christian art especially depicts scenes from the Garden of Eden as a means of visually explaining religious cosmology.
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- This was reflected in a number of common people and day-to-day scenes depicted in art.
- Reformation art embraced Protestant values, although the amount of religious art produced in Protestant countries was hugely reduced (largely because a huge patron for the arts—the Catholic Church—was no longer active in these countries).
- Art that portrayed religious figures or scenes followed Protestant theology by depicting people and stories accurately and clearly and emphasized salvation through divine grace, rather than through personal deeds, or by intervention of church bureaucracy.
- After the early years of the Reformation, artists in Protestant areas painted far fewer religious subjects for public display, partly because religious art had long been associated with the Catholic Church.
- For the most part, however, Reformation iconoclasm resulted in a disappearance of religious figurative art, compared with the amount of secular pieces that emerged.
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- A patron of the arts is a person who pays for or commissions works of art.
- A patron of the arts is a person who pays for or commissions works of art, and commonly refers to the support that kings and popes provided to painters, sculptors, musicians, and poets.
- Since ancient times, patronage of the arts has been important to the development of many artistic movements, works, and styles.
- Art patronage has also been important for art associated with various religious groups, especially the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, both of which have sponsored numerous schools and specific works of art and architecture.
- Art collectors can act as patrons as well, by commissioning specific works or styles from the artists they wish to support.
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- Calligraphic design was omnipresent in Islamic art in the Middle Ages, and is seen in all types of art including architecture and the decorative arts.
- The most important religious text in Islam is the Qur'an, which is believed to be the word of God.
- However, calligraphic design is not limited to the book in Islamic art.
- As in Europe in the Middle Ages, religious exhortations such as Qur'anic verses may be also included in secular objects, especially coins, tiles, and metalwork.
- Calligraphers were highly regarded in Islam, reinforcing the importance on the word and its religious and artistic significance.
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- Process art is concerned with actual creation and how actions can be defined as art, seeing the expression of the artistic process as more significant than the art that is created by the process.
- Process art often focuses on motivation, intent, and the rationale, with art viewed as a creative journey or process rather than needing to lead to a traditional fine art object destination.
- The process art movement began in the U.S. and Europe in the mid-1960s.
- Inspiring precedents for process art that are fundamentally related include: indigenous rites, shamanic and religious rituals, and also cultural forms such as sandpainting, sun dance, and tea ceremonies.
- Like the live immediacy of performance art, process art is focused on the creative journey instead of a traditional fine art destination.