http://blog.asia.si.edu/a-closer-look/religion-in-the-gallery/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=religion-in-the-gallery art outside the box Wed, 01 May 2013 04:00:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://blog.asia.si.edu/a-closer-look/religion-in-the-gallery/#comment-2645 Jane Wed, 06 Jun 2012 02:18:45 +0000 http://blog.asia.si.edu/?p=2087#comment-2645 The “art for art’s sake” debate certainly doesn’t get any easier when you add religion to the conversation.

]]> http://blog.asia.si.edu/a-closer-look/religion-in-the-gallery/#comment-2489 Joelle Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:56:49 +0000 http://blog.asia.si.edu/?p=2087#comment-2489 Thanks, Marty. If you’re interested in these issues, be sure to check out the rest of the lecture series “Exhibiting Asia in the 21st Century.” The next talk will take place September 7 and features former F|S director Milo Beach. –Jenna

]]> http://blog.asia.si.edu/a-closer-look/religion-in-the-gallery/#comment-2395 Marty Smoltz Wed, 30 May 2012 16:29:39 +0000 http://blog.asia.si.edu/?p=2087#comment-2395 Quite insightful. Religion and art, some will argue that art is a representation of the time in which it was created, while others will say it represents how we feel about the subject matter. Both are true, and in religious art it is even more pronounced.

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