Spiritual and religious artwork hangs in the Springville Museum of Art for the 38th annual exhibition. Over 275 pieces were displayed. (Abi Falin Horspool) On Wednesday, Oct. 16, the Springville ...
Religious art, in modern times, has fallen from the liveliness of the Renaissance, when religion was civilization and men brought a homely vitality to their church art. John Singer Sargent’s* symbolic ...
Should Italian museums return works of Renaissance art to the churches for which they were originally made? Eike Schmidt, the director of the Uffizi gallery in Florence, has been making that case—and ...
The art historian James Elkins tells of his experience as one of four jurors for the 1990 exhibition “Revelations: Artists Look at Religions.” It was a big show with several famous artists in it, ...
The front entrance to the Springville Museum of Art. The museum is currently hosting its yearly exhibition highlighting spiritual and religious art in Utah. (Nathan Beitler) The Springville Museum of ...
Edward Berger didn’t grow up Catholic. “I was raised outside the church, but if we went, it would be the Protestant Church,” he says over the phone. But when he was 9, he attended a Catholic Mass with ...
In the same way that western music has its roots in religious tradition, the interconnectedness between religion and art has been symbiotic; both evolving codependently to reflect social, cultural, ...
Do depictions of religious icons in art & architecture affect one’s experience with faith? Can depictions of religious icons in art & architecture have an impact on the deepness of one’s connection to ...
ALTOONA, Pa. (WJAC) — In Blair County on Sunday, visitors will be able to experience the beauty of religious art in Altoona. Participants can visit five local places of worship, with each offering ...
Two small exhibitions, one at the Met Cloisters, the other at the Wallach Art Gallery, bring the personal and political dynamics of devotional art to the fore. By Holland Cotter In 1983, at Japan ...