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11. Religion has been the primary subject of art for a thousand years

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 03:41 PM

Mar 2013

Western art didn't really start depicting secular subjects until the 1600s.

Here is the Sistine chapel, site of the recent papal conclave.

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Why art and religion are natural bedfellows [View all] cbayer Mar 2013 OP

Art and religion go together well Shadowflash Mar 2013 #1

Please note what group you are in. cbayer Mar 2013 #2

I second that. kentauros Mar 2013 #5

Welcome back! cbayer Mar 2013 #6

I'm still not home. kentauros Mar 2013 #7

Ah, ok. Hope there is good weather! cbayer Mar 2013 #8

Agree. cbayer Mar 2013 #4

Michael Cardew, one of the greatest okasha Mar 2013 #9

I like that. cbayer Mar 2013 #10

Religion has been the primary subject of art for a thousand years kwassa Mar 2013 #11