Do you think that Chrisitian art has changed since the Renaissance?

Question

Do you think there are mor similarites or differences?

Answer 1

It seems to have changed for the worse. Religious art from the Renaissance attempted to capture the essence of religious experience in awe-inspiring color and form. Most modern Christian art would look quite at home reproduced on black velvet. A little unfair, I know, because I'm sure the Renaissance had its share of schlock art, and there are no doubt some talented modern Christian artists.

But religious art in the Renaissance had a grandeur to it seldom seen in contemporary art. Spend some time with El Greco's The Assumption of the Virgin at the Chicago Art Institute and see what I mean.

Answer 2

In, like, a gazillion ways! Here's a few you could look into: -Subject matter -Abstraction(there have been soooooooo many innovative abstract art movements since the renaissance) -Medium (I don't know all that much about the renaissance painters, but off the top of my head I would say a lot of them used mainly oils? You could look at the different mediums artists have used since, how artists have used mixed media, how technology has impacted art: photography etc.) -Audience (most renaissance works would have been for churches or extremely rich private clients no? You could look at how, now, anybody can afford a print of a masterpiece, and anybody can access free public entry art galleries, so art is not nearly as elitist today as it once was)

Answer 3

what's Christian art? Art is ever-changing life form, it has changed plenty since Renaissance, even biblically themed art

Answer 4

I can't tell, cuz I am not old enough to remember Renaissance art.

Answer 5

Yes as Jesus went from looking like a middle eastern man of his days(curly hair ,dark beard and eyes ,olive skin, ) to a WHITE looking European man to make it easier for Europeans to embrace him as their savior,

Answer 6

of course, masterpieces used to be paid for by the catholic church hence all the christian masterpieces. Nowadays there is no christian art that compares to that.

Answer 7

Little less gore, a lot more crap Jesus with blonde hair and blue eyes.

Answer 8

yes..