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faith seems to be the biggest artistic inspiration.




http://photos14.flickr.com/15678806_4248e3495f.jpg
hagia sophia.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/112431652_9afea5bbda.jpg
saint-chapelle.

http://www.solcomhouse.com/mecca_mosque_H_500.jpg

the holy mosque

http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/cathedral.JPG
washington national cathedral.

Faith and passion and art are very intimately related in my experience.

Originally posted by Punkyhermy
faith seems to be the biggest artistic inspiration.




http://photos14.flickr.com/15678806_4248e3495f.jpg
hagia sophia.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/112431652_9afea5bbda.jpg
saint-chapelle.

http://www.solcomhouse.com/mecca_mosque_H_500.jpg

the holy mosque

http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/cathedral.JPG
washington national cathedral.

Or it has to do with the immense money Religion was able to create (and spend on cathedrals instead of....well ending world hunger).

But impressive, no doubt.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Or it has to do with the immense money Religion was able to create (and spend on cathedrals instead of....well ending world hunger).

But impressive, no doubt.

Are you trying to tell me places like the Vatican don't need gold and jewel encrusted pieces of furniture and other luxuries?

How will God recognize peoples prayers (of any faith) if they aren't praying in extravagant doomed ceiling buildings?

Originally posted by Robtard
Are you trying to tell me places like the Vatican don't need gold and jewel encrusted pieces of furniture and other luxuries?

How will God recognize peoples prayers (of any faith) if they aren't praying in extravagant doomed ceiling buildings? Something along the lines.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Or it has to do with the immense money Religion was able to create (and spend on cathedrals instead of....well ending world hunger).

But impressive, no doubt.

Agreed on both points.

But the sistine chapel...d00000d

http://www.ask-aladdin.com/images/pyr.jpg

the pyramids of giza.

http://www.dejourcommedenuit.net/images/20061120004625_img_3039.jpg

saint-maclou

http://www.hicaz2000.com/medresim/madina2.jpg

mosque mabvi

http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/images/109images/carolingian/aachen_palchap_int.jpg

palatine chapel.

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/israel/dome-of-the-rock-photo-tour/WebPhotosProFiles/800/dome-of-the-rock-interior2-c-damon-lynch-pbase.jpg
dome of the rock.

It is beautiful, hardly following the word of their religious leader like Bardock said though...

Really the Pope could just as easily spread his word from a wooden chair in the open air instead of what he has...

Pyramids are religious?

Originally posted by chithappens
Pyramids are religious?

They were supposed to facilitate passage to the afterlife in certain ways.

Punky, Pyramids aren't religious.

Didn't think so. I was going to need someone to explain that one.

They just didn't want emperors getting riches taken from the corpse because they were supposed to go to the afterlife rich or be shamed, hence all the traps. Not exactly religious.

Originally posted by chithappens
They just didn't want emperors getting riches taken from the corpse because they were supposed to go to the afterlife rich or be shamed, hence all the traps. Not exactly religious.

Eh, wordplay. Cultic, religious, whatever. The practice was tied to the afterlife. In fact their word for pyramid (the egyptians anyway) translated to "place of ascendance."

Originally posted by Ytse
Eh, wordplay. Cultic, religious, whatever. The practice was tied to the afterlife. In fact their word for pyramid (the egyptians anyway) translated to "place of ascendance."

But that is not praise to a deity. You can call damn near anything religious the way you are putting it

Originally posted by chithappens
But that is not praise to a deity. You can call damn near anything religious the way you are putting it

There are volumes worth written about that. So, you're correct. However I don't think it's relevant either way because the OP didn't mention religion at all.

I see what you are saying but the rest of those buildings are undeniably religious. I'm not willing to put the one with the question mark next to the others.

The Great Pyramids of Giza are absolutely religious. Perhaps not religous to a christian, but to the ancient Egyptian they were.

No, they weren't. They were burial sites.

Originally posted by RocasAtoll
No, they weren't. They were burial sites.

If you aren't sure of what you're saying, then you need not argue. The whole world knows they're tombs. But they were absolutely religious.

Doesn't this belong in the religion forum?

Originally posted by Devil King
If you aren't sure of what you're saying, then you need not argue. The whole world knows they're tombs. But they were absolutely religious.

No, they really weren't. They were tombs for their pharoahs. They were not used as focal points for any religious activity.

Originally posted by RocasAtoll
No, they really weren't. They were tombs for their pharoahs. They were not used as focal points for any religious activity.

You needn't explain them to me. No one said they were temples. I said they were religious.

Originally posted by RocasAtoll
No, they really weren't. They were tombs for their pharoahs. They were not used as focal points for any religious activity.

No they weren't, they were however the burial tombs for the leaders of Egypt who were believed to be the family of gods, so undeniable tied to religion. Of course they weren't churches or things like that, but something doesn't need to be a church to be a religious building.

Originally posted by RocasAtoll
No, they really weren't. They were tombs for their pharoahs. They were not used as focal points for any religious activity. The Egyptians were all about their religion. The Pharaohs were even considered gods, or descended from them.

Originally posted by debbiejo
The Egyptians were all about their religion. The Pharaohs were even considered gods, or descended from them.

indeed. the pyramids are religious symbols.

And again, a religious symbol is a focal point for your religion; the Pyramids are not so.

The pyramids are representative of two things. The mound of earth from which the sun god was born, and the rays of light that reach down from the sky and bring life to all things.

That is religious. And religious sybolism on top of that.

Originally posted by Devil King
The pyramids are representative of two things. The mound of earth from which the sun god was born, and the rays of light that reach down from the sky and bring life to all things.

That is religious. And religious sybolism on top of that.

Faith may be one of the biggest artistic inspirations, but not always the most successful.

-AC

This should be in the religion forum.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Faith may be one of the biggest artistic inspirations, but not always the most successful.

-AC

elaborate.

Go watch the religious music channels and then if you need further elaboration we can take it from there.

-AC

those pictures are fantastic, each one of them. not sure if it was faith that inspired meer humans to create these heavenly adobes, but if thats the case, then maybe mythology should be part of the curriculum for Archietects.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Go watch the religious music channels and then if you need further elaboration we can take it from there.

-AC

hahaha.

everything's about music to you, eh?