I always thought religious art only dealt with biblical pictures, statutes etc. However after taking this class I have realized that those examples are literal examples of religious art. However, other art could be deemed to have a religious meaning to one person, and not to another. For example, generally when i see a picture of sunlight shining through clouds, I always think of it has having a religious connotation. As if God is shining down on the earth. My mother does not understand at all why I would draw that conclusion. She just thinks of it as the sun piercing through the clouds -- in its most literal sense. However, I feel as though many people feel the same way that I do, because even when you search the term "God" in Google images the first page of pictures contains 3 pictures including clouds and sunlight.
It also makes me think of the discussion I've had several times with people and the Christian cross. Some of my family members pray to their crosses or pray with their crosses in their hand. I do not do this, nor have my parents ever practiced praying in that manner with me or allowed me to. They told me that praying to the cross can be viewed as worshiping false idols, and that the cross is not God, it is just one of many representations of him.
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