Crypto-religious art maintains its “crypto” status by not declaring itself, and the culture wars of the late-Reagan-early-Bush years made that position untenable.

Detail of Michelangelo’s fresco “Ignudi” on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City (c. 1508–12) (image via Wikimedia Commons). This made the Christian church an incredibly queer ...

Since the Renaissance, modern religious art has loosed itself increasingly from medieval motifs. As a result, even the most sacred biblical themes came to reflect the spirit of a humanistic age.

On display also are captivating examples of Jain religious art, which largely focus on its 24 enlightened teachers called tirthankaras. The earliest such representations were found on a mottled pink ...

Saint Louis University’s Museum of Contemporary Religious Art is the first museum to explore the spiritual and religious dimensions in contemporary art. Through exhibitions, collections and ...

Christian art is, in fact, deeply rooted in pagan iconography. Giovanni Bellini and Titian, “The Feast of the Gods” (1514–29), oil on canvas, 67 x 74 inches (~170 x ~188 cm) ...

In 1993, Saint Louis University opened a new initiative that it touted as the first of its kind—in its words, “the first museum to bring an interfaith focus to contemporary art.” The Museum of ...

In his essay “A Defense of Christian Kitsch,” he describes, though does not subscribe to, a common objection to commercial religious objects: “Such things lack, above all else, nuance.

In Blair County on Sunday, visitors will be able to experience the beauty of religious art in Altoona.Participants can visit five local places of worship, with each offering insights into ...

On Wednesday, Oct. 16, the Springville Museum of Art held the opening reception for the 38th annual "Spiritual and Religious Art of Utah" exhibition, boasting artwork selected from more than 1000 ...