Christian art

Our faith and our viewings and beliefs about art have an impact on our life that often goes unnoticed. Sometimes we go about life just letting things into our minds especially in a culture of TV shows and movies, and we are always changing based on what we think about and how we discipline ourselves. Dr. Berg’s session on Bladerunner made me think about the impact of entertainment on how we think about ourselves and humanity. Dr. Berg’s topic was Bladerunner, a science fiction movie about what…

assimilates the Christian and the classical in a deeply innovative work of art. Furthermore, Triumph of Death, represents one of the most popular humorous themes in humanist thinking—death as an outlook on life. Moreover, Triumph of Death mocked both, the actions of the Reformist Movement and that of the Church, presenting a humanist critique of both ideologies through a stoic view of the madness and folly of Bruegel’s time. Because of his humanist connections and use of classical and Christian…

At its core, art is a universal language that communicates ideas, beliefs, and emotions and transcends many barriers in the world. Furthermore, each person is influenced by their environment and therefore artwork is both a product and a producer of culture. And through visual representation alone, art has the power to convey information on the history, practices, and values of one’s civilization. Therefore, examining the historical significance of artwork can shed light on the culture of…

The Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Northern Europe brought a “revival” to the arts. A prosperous middle class arose and were able to purchase artist’s art work. Many of these pieces had religious themes, their style and creativity, made for more pieces to be created. All over Northern Europe artwork thrived. Within the 15th century both Masaccio and Van Eyck share great religious values of Christian faith within their paintings. The notion of God and saints is very noticeable because each…

According to Kircher, (2015), the Renaissance period represented a time when beliefs and thoughts were revived, with a main objective of redefining human form in art as a realistic and natural form. The form is in three dimensions and has no obligation of symbolizing religious beliefs and ideas. In reality, Renaissance humanism represents emotions, elegance and strength of human beings. Humanism started during the Italian renaissance, with most people seeking their help rather than going for…

The Arnolfini Double Portrait an original oil painting by Jan van Eyck, have many titles but mostly knowing as Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride or The Arnolfini Wedding Portrait can be considered as a good example of how historian look at works of art it's also filled with symbols linked to fertility, faith Christianity, loyalty, and love. One of the most significant is the fruit first the oranges placed on the table behind the man which symbolize fertility especially in the first day of…

Art is a controversial topic to discuss, and also a great medium for expressing messages about topics that are both controversial, and non-controversial. In the play Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Steve Martin uses a cast of characters that includes artistic and scientific geniuses of the 20th century to talk about subjects related to art and science. on the wall of the bar where the characters are, there is a painting of sheep in some fog. The conversation between the characters shifts to this…

represents who you are and where you come from. Culture is defined as the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. People see art and entertainment as important parts of life because it is a form of expression and is something to be taken in. It is a source of beauty and pleasure. All human societies have forms of beauty and pleasure. Culture consist of five elements: traditions/customs, art/entertainment, language/education, values/ norms, and…

According to the text Living with Art by Mark Getlein, there are six primary roles that artists fulfill in society: artists “create places for some human purpose” (i.e. monolithic art as Stonehenge, Gobeki Tepe, churches, etc..), artist “create extra-ordinary versions of ordinary objects” (for instance the World’s largest ball of yarn, or Tintoretto’s Last Supper), artists have been used to “record and commemorate” historical events (such as a wedding photographer or Pablo Picasso’s Guernica…

Art in the Middle Ages 3 The Influence of Art in the Middle Ages Art is in a constant state of change, modernized every day, and this has been true since the dawn of artistry. Culture inspires artwork, people have always depicted the world around them. For medieval persons the culture that surrounded them was that of either religion or of the gruesome wars their kings fought. In the span of the Middle Ages art transforms to a more prominent degree that leads the public to have a higher…