14 Facts About Religious art

Religious art is artistic imagery using religious inspiration and motifs and is often intended to uplift the mind to the spiritual.

Sacred art involves the ritual and cultic practices and practical and operative aspects of the path of the spiritual realization within the artist's religious tradition.

Buddhist Religious art followed believers as the dharma spread, adapted, and evolved in each new host country.

Buddhist Religious art followed to the east as far as Southeast Asia to form the Southern branch of Buddhist Religious art.

Tibetan Religious art includes thangkas and mandalas, often including depictions of Buddhas and bodhisattvas.

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Creation of Buddhist Religious art is usually done as a meditation as well as creating an object as aid to meditation.

Christian sacred Religious art is produced in an attempt to illustrate, supplement and portray in tangible form the principles of Christianity, though other definitions are possible.

Early Christian Religious art survives from dates near the origins of Christianity.

Renaissance saw an increase in monumental secular works, but until the Protestant Reformation Christian Religious art continued to be produced in great quantities, both for churches and clergy and for the laity.

Confucian Religious art is Religious art inspired by the writings of Confucius, and Confucian teachings.

Confucian Religious art originated in China, then spread westwards on the Silk road, southward down to southern China and then onto Southeast Asia, and eastwards through northern China on to Japan and Korea.

Jain art refers to religious works of art associated with Jainism.

Mandaean Religious art can be found in illustrated manuscript scrolls called diwan.

Taoist Religious art relates to the Taoist philosophy and narratives of Lao-tzu ( spelled as Laozi) that promote "living simply and honestly and in harmony with nature.