[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mister Pamboli:
[b]
quote:
Originally posted by leekim:
Art should also be delivered with some semblance of "talent" as well. ... Far too many "artists" today simply create "art" for pure shock value. Great American / Christian artists such as Rockwell or, more currently, Kinkade, produce(d) beautiful pieces which instill emotion.
Not Thomas Kinkade, soi disant "Painter of Light" and mass marketer of "art-based products" as he calls them? I think it is profoundly sad that the religion that inspired Bach and Grunewald should be reduced to Christian rock music and Thomas Kinkade.
It seems as if it is not the world which has lost faith in Christ, but Christianity which has lost faith in its own meaning and emotional power.
---Sure, Kinkade is certainly not Michalengelo, but he possess talent and some of his works (although mass marketed) are very well done. There are also many, many musical artists that are of the Christian faith that do not dub themselves as a "Christian Artist / Musician" (even though their faith "inspires" them musically). Certainly Bach didn't market himself as the "Christian pianist savant", rather he was simply one of the greatest pianists / composers of all time. I would certainly agree with your assertion that Christianity, particularly Catholicism, has "lost faith in its own meaning and emotional power". That is why the Church has, in my opinion, made poor decisions in trying to modernize the faith (ie Vatican II, etc) to seemingly "keep up with the times" rather than remain steadfast in their positions. A position of inconsistency is one of weakness. Oh well, I digress, this issue is best debated on a different site...