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God in art Flashcards

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Judaism

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  • no imagery of God in art, no graven images

- no images or idols, no bowing down or worshipping them - Exodus 20:4-6

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Islam

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  • No imagery of God allowed in art.
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Hinduism

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  • Thousands of murtis because there is no one way to depict God
  • Depicts Brahman Saguna
  • Also symbolises God’s presence in aniconic ways, like the yoni linga, the swastika, AUM, yantras and natural images such as the tulsi plant and salagram stone which symbolise Vishnu.
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Buddhism

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  • Statues of Buddha

- Temple and shrines

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Sikhism

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  • No imagery of God in art

- paintings of their 10 Gurus

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Protestants (3)

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  • No depiction of God in art at all, no intermediaries.
  • images of God are seen as idolatrous, distracting and unnecessary
  • Only need bible and faith to have access to God.
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Orthodox & Catholicism

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Lots of imagery and colour

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God and in art in early Christianity

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  • aniconic images, such as the cross

- Iconic images, such as the lamb and Jesus

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Paul Tillich: 6 characteristics of symbols

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1- symbols point beyond themselves to something else
2 - It participates in that which it points
3- It opens up levels of reality which otherwise are closed for us.
4 - It unlock dimensions and elements of our soul which correspond to the dimension and elements of reality.
5 - Symbols cannot be produced intentionally, they grow out of the individual or collective unconscious.
6 - symbols grow and die.

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Diana Eck: Images in Hinduism

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  • Images in Hinduism are ‘visual theology’ and ‘visual scripture’
  • they tell the devotee about God’s character
  • they recount the mythical stories about God
  • e.g Shiva Nataraja statues show God as creator and destroyed. Shown as active by flying hair, and as serene with half closed eyes. ANY murti can demonstrate Eck’s point.
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Hinduism and Darsan

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  • Hindus believe God is really present in the image/ statue. They receive darsan from it.
  • God inhabits murtis, priests consecrate new murtis in temples and bring ‘breath’ into the murti. Murtis are treated as guests during Puja, offered gifts and food.
  • Hindus have a strong belief in the immanence of the Divine, which supports their love for visual images.
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Henri Nouwen quote about icons

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‘icons are painted to lead us into the inner of prayer and bring us close to the heard of God’.

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What did 19th century Protestant Christians accuse Hinduism of being

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  • accused them of being idolatrous, because of representations of their God in art.
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What did Swami Dayananda Sarasvati think about God in art?

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  • movement Arya Samaj rejected use of images in worship because they had no place in Vedic ritual
  • Instead havan and homa should be central to worship/
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Free church worship

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  • plain worship
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Orthodox Christianity:

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  • Worship became more ceremonial and dramatic after the conversion of Constantine.
  • use alot of images and icons
  • aims to make earthly worship follow the pattern of heavenly worship, they want to divinize earth.
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Robert Webber: The Church of Holy Wisdom

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  • Believers in acient Byzantium considered the church to be an image of the kingdom of God
  • dome represents the vault of the heavens
  • image of Christ the Almighty located in dome symbolised Christ ruling over the universe.
  • barrier between nave and the sanctuary represents the division between heaven and earth.
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What is an icon

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  • Orthodox Christianity ~ more than an aid or a picture, it has a sacramental quality. Icons are venerated (respected) but not worshipped
  • Council of Constantinpole ‘that which the book tells us in words, the icon announces to us by colour and makes present to us.’
  • St John Damascene ‘icons are theology not only in words by in images.’
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Diana Eck quote about darsan

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‘in the Hindu understanding the deity is present in the image, the visual apprehension of the image is charged with religious meaning.’

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what did Dayananda Sarasvati and his movement the Arya Samaj think about images (2)

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  • rejected the use of images as having no place in the pure Vedic ritual.
  • instead vedic symbol havan/ homa is central.
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what type of worship do the 3 denominations of christianity prefer

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1 - word centred: free churches
2 - sacramental: orthodox & catholics
3 - spirit centred: quakers

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what are the purposes of religious art (4)

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  • to show both the transcendence and immanence of God
  • show mystery and glory of God
  • aids to devotion
  • help to grow closer to God
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decalogue no idols

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‘you shall not make for yourselves an idol’

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