I wonder if this is because they viewed the scriptures and the Ten commandments the only representation needed to express their sacred religion or because when the Hebrews wandered for forty years looking for the Promised Land of “milk and honey” creating arts of those years seemed unimportant. The only religious art depicted in the book is the Menorahs and Ark of the Covenant which is a wall painting in a Jewish catacomb. Since this work of art is located underground it also lead me to believe that the ancient Hebrew religion could of possibly practiced in secret. Both early Christians and Muslim believed it was distasteful to worship idols. Even though the early Christian were opposed to the idea at first they came to realize that through art they could depict the Bible’s teaching as a way to to help the Christian followers view and learn from it. An example of this is the Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus which depicts stories from the Old and New Testaments of the Bible of Jesus, St. Peter, Adam and Eve, Daniel and St Paul. When I look at this work of art I can see that the artist created this work of art in a way that it was in a tasteful and would not dishonor the early Christian beliefs. This work of art was created to depict stories in which the people could view, learn and remember the stories from the
I wonder if this is because they viewed the scriptures and the Ten commandments the only representation needed to express their sacred religion or because when the Hebrews wandered for forty years looking for the Promised Land of “milk and honey” creating arts of those years seemed unimportant. The only religious art depicted in the book is the Menorahs and Ark of the Covenant which is a wall painting in a Jewish catacomb. Since this work of art is located underground it also lead me to believe that the ancient Hebrew religion could of possibly practiced in secret. Both early Christians and Muslim believed it was distasteful to worship idols. Even though the early Christian were opposed to the idea at first they came to realize that through art they could depict the Bible’s teaching as a way to to help the Christian followers view and learn from it. An example of this is the Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus which depicts stories from the Old and New Testaments of the Bible of Jesus, St. Peter, Adam and Eve, Daniel and St Paul. When I look at this work of art I can see that the artist created this work of art in a way that it was in a tasteful and would not dishonor the early Christian beliefs. This work of art was created to depict stories in which the people could view, learn and remember the stories from the