Crypto-religious art, and criticism that takes a crypto-religious approach, can substitute the appearance of a vast and indistinct meaningfulness for actual meaning.

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 ...

Understanding this hidden story in the history of Christian art has value beyond the mere cultivation of a robust understanding of art history (always a good thing, of course).

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 ...

Such Christian criticism of aesthetics seems especially necessary in the fact of a rising mid-twentieth-century disposition to restore the figure of Jesus to contemporary art forms.

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 ...

SLU art history professor Cathleen Fleck is the chair of the university’s Department of Visual & Performing Arts, as well as head of its Arts Council. (The Arts Council was not consulted on the ...

From glow-in-the-dark rosary beads to St. Christopher dashboard statues and Pope Francis bobbleheads, a tribute to the complicated life of Catholic kitsch ...

Critics of the opening ceremony betrayed their ignorance of Christianity’s pagan roots — and the real reason behind their ire toward the show.

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 ...