Christian Art Essay

Christian art has influenced the world in many of ways. It has inspired many creations, from churches to crucifix. In most homes in America you can see some form of christian art in people’s homes. People consider christian to be sacred because the art tells stories about christianity. Even though christian art is sacred, a few artist have done some work that have been considered a bit controversial. Artwork like this would be considered not the oldest style of Christian art but still a old style of Christian art. In the beginning stages of christian art painting were supposed to tell stories of Christian history. For example, the painting “The last Supper" tells the story of jesus christ last meal mary and his 12 disciples before his crucifixion.
There are artist in the world that consider Christian to be hypocrites when it comes to the faith. A more modern artwork like “Piss Christ”,which is considered the most controversial artwork in history. It shows a crucifix floating in a bucket of urine. For the Christian world this was a high level of disrespect toward Jesus and the Christian faith. But for Andres Serrano, the artist, it was just simply the truth. He believes people are disrespecting the the Christian faith and that the true meaning has been
Maybe not like “Piss Christ”. The artist Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni has created some of the most beautiful art work of the Christian faith and some controversial art. Michelangelo was Catholic but did not like some of the ways that Christians and Catholics went about portraying the faith he made several artworks that he knew would be talked about. He took on one of the biggest risks that not many have taken. He attempted to portray god. In the painting “The Creation of Adam”. He tries to show what he believes god to look like. No one really contested him on the painting. In a way he tried to taunt the Christian and catholic church by portraying Zeus from Greek mythology as god. Michelangelo is also known for what some might call his greatest creations “Pieta”. This beautiful sculpture is Mary holding Jesus as he dies. Of all that have tried to attempt this artwork he was the only one to portray it with so much vivid