Which Church has the best artwork?

[Shiranui117]

I think something you are failing to take into account is that virtually all LDS artwork dates from the late 19th century or later. It's not necessarily the fact that the artist is LDS that makes LDS art have "a good feeling" about it. Had the LDS Church been around during medieval times, for instance, I think we can pretty much assume that LDS art would have been pretty much indistinguishable from any of the rest of the art we see from that period. Artistic styles change over time, and while I agree that LDS art is almost never "dark" (or what you have called "creepy,") there are reasons for that which you aren't taking into account.

Ahh, 1800's Romanticism.

 

[Flat Earth Kyle]

how are you defining "likely" here?

there is a good possibility.

 

[Flat Earth Kyle]

I think something you are failing to take into account is that virtually all LDS artwork dates from the late 19th century or later. It's not necessarily the fact that the artist is LDS that makes LDS art have "a good feeling" about it. Had the LDS Church been around during medieval times, for instance, I think we can pretty much assume that LDS art would have been pretty much indistinguishable from any of the rest of the art we see from that period. Artistic styles change over time, and while I agree that LDS art is almost never "dark" (or what you have called "creepy,") there are reasons for that which you aren't taking into account.

Feel free to post some 19th century and beyond artwork that is not creepy.

 

[Flat Earth Kyle]

Quite. Aside from the Baptismal font, the pictures you posted looked very much like a really swanky person's house.

I am glad you thought that. Every single LDS temple has these words written on it.

 

[Shiranui117]

I thought that's what it was going for. I find the literalism to be quite cheeky.

 

[Shiranui117]

The Painter's Honeymoon (1864)

Bazaar, 1854

Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog (1818)

 

[ImmortalFlame]

 

[Katzpur]

Feel free to post some 19th century and beyond artwork that is not creepy.

I'd be delighted to... How about these? What do you find "creepy" about them?

 

[Katzpur]

Here are a few more...

I love this one... Look at the title of it:

 

[Katzpur]

I even love this one, though I suspect you'll find it "creepy":

These others (all except for the last one) of Christ holding an actual lamb, are beautiful, though...

And last, but not least, one without a lamb, that is incredibly touching...

If any of these are by LDS artists, I'd be pretty surprised. If there are, I think I'd have seen them by now.

 

[Shiranui117]

(I even love this one, though I suspect you'll find it "creepy"

 

[Katzpur]

Actually, I do kind of find that one "creepy."

 

[ImmortalFlame]

Sorry, but most of these paintings remind me of cheesy murals of Princess Diana you can get on plates over here:

Yeah, there's just something inherently cheesy, sickly-sweet and kind of cheap about them. To me, at least.

But, hey, I'm not exactly an expert on fine art.

 

[Katzpur]

Sorry, but most of these paintings remind me of cheesy murals of Princess Diana you can get on plates over here...

Cheesy, maybe. But Diana was one class act, and I'd rather see her on a plate than the Queen, or Charles and his butt-ugly wife, Camilla. But actually, I agree that some of the art I posted really is kind of cheesy. My point in posting it was not necessarily to say that I personally like it (although I do like some of it quite a bit). My point was to try to point out to Yaddoe that there is plenty of non-LDS art that isn't "creepy." (And I think that by "creepy," he means dark, sinister, weird, gloomy, or disturbing.)

 

[Katzpur]

Ahh, 1800's Romanticism.

Absolutely! The best art and the best music. :yes: I'll take Wagner over Bach any day of the week.

 

[Flat Earth Kyle]

So which of the above that you just posted are Catholic Paintings?

 

[Katzpur]

So which of the above that you just posted are Catholic Paintings?

I have no idea. You asked for non-creepy contemporary Christian art. I gave you over twenty examples. So now it's just Catholic art that's creepy?

 

[Shiranui117]

So which of the above that you just posted are Catholic Paintings?

None of them

Here are some, though!

Here's one from 1498 by Albrecht Dürer

You know that famous Last Supper painting? It's actually Catholic.

The whole lot of this is Catholic: Sistine Chapel ceiling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hope that'll do for a couple examples of non-creepy Catholic art.

 

[Gjallarhorn]

Anyone got any pictures of Jesus that might actually be vaguely accurate (not Greek)?

 

[Shiranui117]

Anyone got any pictures of Jesus that might actually be vaguely accurate (not Greek)?

Aside from the Shroud of Turin and Byzantine iconography, there isn't anything that comes close to what Jesus actually looked like.