This last weekend my dad and I went to the art history museum in Vienna. It was really cool. There were a bunch of pictures from Rubens, Dürer, Titian and many more. And what struck me, as we were walking through the galleries, was how dominant religion was in all the paintings.
So many beautiful depictions of biblical events, it was breathtaking. But anyway, I'm sure not all artists were Christians then. But religion was so deep rooted in that time (around the 1500 & 1600) even if you weren't a Believer, you knew stories from the bible and you painted them. It was almost as if they did not paint religion because of art, but they painted art because of religion.
I think that is sad that that has been lost, I think that is sad that that has changed. In those days it was as if art existed because of religion. Now, it is as if art exists to ruin Christianity.
Did that make a little sense? Of course it is debatable. Anything about art is. I mean what even defines art ?!
Sounds cool!!
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