Notes from Christian Art by R.C Sproul0001

By Gman4326

For example Rembrandt and Beethoven and other Composers and painters of this era were dedicated Christians. It seems today that in the Christian community sense that the arts are both beneath them, too secular, and to dark for them to get involved in. There are three main concerns that are found in the Christian community what is good, true and the beautiful.
Good:
The science of ethics
True:
The science of philosophy or epistemology
Beautiful:
Deals in the science of aesthetics
The science of what is beautiful comes to us directly or indirectly from the pages of the bible. The beginning of art and its ultimate foundation comes from creation itself.  The heavens declare the glory of God and the earth therein Psalm 19:1. Going from biblical art too history. By divine edict the people were to contribute items in the making of the tabernacle. The metals donated would be melted down in order to make the Goblets, candlesticks, the arc outer foundation and other items being used by Levite priests. Oholiab was given a charismatic gift by God help in the construction of the tabernacle. The Church can at times with art inside can be considered a place of where human arrogance lies especially during the time of war. Such as during WW2 when Vatican was untouched by both Axis and Allies alike. Yet the children were starving and it seemed the artwork could have sold in order to the feed them. Today the endeavor in Christian arts is typified by the contents found in your local Christian bookstore. For your coffee table a set praying hand made out of some sort of pressed muck. Christian posters to adorn ones wall with suitable graffiti as to sanctify them to justify the expense. Perhaps a plastic cube with a mustard seed entombed within to boost your understanding of faith….
There is a level of acceptance in the Christian community that art is superficial and is reproduced for individual consumption. In one word boring, the beautiful should never be boring. He went to see a minister one time and hanging on of the office walls was a reprint of a painting by Rembrandt entitled in English “Jeremiah lamenting over Jerusalem”. In order to capture a moment of a subject life Rembrandt would read a book written by said person and then he would paint it.