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Due to this urge to have a tangible item to refer to as god, each religion has the image of the supreme divine being that cannot be replaced with any other, if not the supreme divine being, then there must be an artistic representation of the representative of the supreme divine being that is universally accepted by all the members of that particular religion.
In the initial years and the middle ages, the images and pieces of art that represented the deities had strict qualities but during the renaissance some of these qualities were lost as the painters gave the images more qualities of divine inspiration with an aim of making them more trans-human than they looked there before. It meant therefore that at this time iconography was no longer strictly restricted to be based on the human form but could take diverse forms, this became a generally accepted form of art and even the church leaders and other religious leaders clearly understood this, one of those who generously contributed to this trend was Pietro Perugino (Jali Inc., 2006). This renaissance period was the most significant in the iconography history and after that, not much of the religious art has changed.
However, the art in reference to the religious beliefs and customs has not stalled as there is a continued effort to depict in tangible form the probable after-life and the mysteries that are there beyond life. No other form of expression has even been able to express this is a better manner than art itself.
The dynamism of art has helped carry along the ideas of religion across time and has helped make religion relevant in the contemporary society. This is seen in depiction of ideas like the...
The other example is the old depiction of angels which cannot give assurance to the contemporary man as would the current depiction of angels through art.
It is clear therefore that religion and art transcend time in tandem bearing the history of the two aspects. For instance in the biblical context, art has always been used to solidify the abstracts of the bible. This has been done from the depiction f the birth of Jesus Christ, to the missions that he had to undertake, to the suffering and ultimately to the death and the ascending to the heavens. The mother of Jesus, Virgin Mary depiction in various art forms and scenes has just served to solidify the Christian faith and the belief in Christianity. It can be said that without art, religion will suffer the crisis of belief as many would dare only believe what they can relate to in the physical world. On the other hand, religion can be said to inspire art as with the various religious ideologies, so do the art forma evolve.
References
Chris Adams, (2006). Art and Religion. Retrieved March 5, 2012 from http://www.italianfuturism.org/manifestos/art-and-religion/
Jali Inc., (2006). PIETRO PERUGINO: Painter (1446-1523). Retrieved March 5, 2012 from http://www.artist-biography.info/artist/pietro_perugino/
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, (2012). World Religions in Art. Retrieved March 5, 2012 from http://www.artsmia.org/world-religions/
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