10-10-2007, 02:06 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-ramana+Oct 8 2007, 09:05 PM-->QUOTE(ramana @ Oct 8 2007, 09:05 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->I read a lot of Western Art History books. What strikes me is there is a silent understanding that Art will not be used to attack Xtianity.
The books always jump from Classical-Greek and Roman to the Renaissance and mention the Eastern orthodox church icons. After that its the gradual progression from Renaissance all the way to post modernism. Except for rebel and marginal folks xtianity is not attacked.
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They also always have a chapter about Egyptian and Near East prelude to the "European Miracle". What is always missing is the Persian Prelude.
The books always jump from Classical-Greek and Roman to the Renaissance and mention the Eastern orthodox church icons. After that its the gradual progression from Renaissance all the way to post modernism. Except for rebel and marginal folks xtianity is not attacked.
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They also always have a chapter about Egyptian and Near East prelude to the "European Miracle". What is always missing is the Persian Prelude.