Religion and Art

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Religion and Art

• A Powerful Combination

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Art in Religion

• Art is a way of
• expressing an understanding
• expressing the feelings and sensations of being
  in contact with the Ultimate Reality.
• expressing a sentiment or relating a story.
• expressing spiritual or religious realities.

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Art expresses

• an understanding of the Ultimate Reality.
• For example in Buddhism there is the Maitreya, an
  wandering ascetic monk.
• This particular one lived a simple life.
• His hair is matted and he has a stupa.
• One pair of hands welcomes and the other is
  raised in expectation of the better world to
  come.

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Art expresses

• faith and feelings and sensations of being in
  contact with the Ultimate Reality.

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Art expresses

• a sentiment or relating a story

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Art expresses

• Even in the mundane awe and reverence for the
  ultimate reality.

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Art expresses

• spiritual or religious realities.

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Hindu Art

• The feminine in Indian Art

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Native American

• By King Kuka, Blackfeet ArtistNationally
  Renowned Native American Artist

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Christian Art

• Stained Glass is typical of Christian art. Their
  scenes typical tell stories or depict characters
  in the Bible.

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Jewish Art

• This item can be found in the Sherwin Miller
  Museum of Jewish Art. Crafted around 1920, this
  cabinet, used in a home for storing ceremonial
  objects, was made by Schatz himself and is
  typical of the school. All of the images on the
  cabinet are associated with aspects of Jewish
  learning or culture.

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Buddhist Art

• Buddhist art can be found in many parts of the
  world.

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/images/mandala.jpg
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Taoist Art

• This figure, Zhong Kui, is said to exorcise evil.
  He is considered a god by some.

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Islamic Art

• Islam has prohibitions against making idols.
• Here is a sample of some of their art work.
• Islamic Art.