I'm more interested in fine arts. You know, in the history books.
2006-09-24 05:49:21 · 7 answers · asked by BABY 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Barbara, I think that is a good example. But since Rivera's paintings were about Communism, does that mean atheism and Communism are the same?
JT, have you ever seen his art? Please provide a link or citation, if you will.
2006-09-24 06:13:20 · update #1
Mexican artist Diego Rivera was an atheist. He is the most prolific mexican artist in history and like all artists his life and culture is evident in his works.
His wife, artist, Frieda Kahlo, was also an atheist.
2006-09-24 05:57:29 · answer #1 · answered by genaddt 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't exactly fit, but I'd check out "Vir Heroicus Sublimis" by Barnett Newman. It's a huge canvas painted red with four thin vertical lines of different colors, which Barnett referred to as "zips". Despite it's large size, the painting is meant to be veiwed from a short distance and is supposed to envelope the veiwer in the experience. One of the main themes of the work is a lack of context, be it historical, biblical, mythological,figural, gestural, or nostalgic. Instead, the viewer is confronted with what Newman calls the "sublime", or as British Philosopher Edmund Burke put it, "a feeling engendered by a vastness one cannot comprehend". I'm not sure if this is what you were looking for, but the painting, and it's intentions are interesting.
2006-09-28 03:29:23 · answer #2 · answered by Andy D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you studied fine arts? The Greek an Roman (pagan) art was inspired by their gods and goddesses. They were determined to move away from the Egyptian stylized art to almost a worship of realism and the human form.
During the time of Michelangelo the only artists who could really produce were those who had a wealthy patron. Who had the money? The Church and the nobles who wanted to buy an indolence. So only the artists who supplied the demands of religion survived.
2006-09-24 06:02:46 · answer #3 · answered by Nora Explora 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rembrandt was an atheist, I'm not sure if he found inspiration in atheism.
2006-09-24 05:59:28 · answer #4 · answered by Left the building 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
NO! It is unlikely that there are any.
Atheism is souless and uninspiring.
If you belief you came from slime and you will return to slime, what is the point of anything in life, especially fine art.
Of course, modern atheists have inherited most of their values from the Christian heritage and culture they were brought up in, including those in communist regimes. So if they tell you that there are some modern, atheist works of art they have to be considered from this background.
2006-09-24 06:05:35 · answer #5 · answered by A.M.D.G 6 · 0⤊ 6⤋
Seems like it might be a real challenge to paint a portrait of "no God".
2006-09-24 07:31:23 · answer #6 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know any atheists and don't want to, but you can get any info at the library.
2006-09-24 05:54:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋