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Religous oil paintings painted in the style of Baroque and Classical realism are no longer artworks you'll only be able to see in a museum or a cathedral in Europe. Religious artwork painting is alive and well in the 21st Century and can be commissioned to meet the needs of your church or home. Contemporary figurative artist Eric Armusik has emerged as one of today's most formitable religious painting artists. His classical realism style draws on a wealth of artistic influence from religious painting artists Caravaggio and Artemisia Gentileschi to 19th Century religious artwork paintings by the likes of Leon Bonnat, Waterhouse and Alma-Tadema. Religious artwork for your church or home can be commissioned according to your spacial restraints and your budget. To inquire please email here.
A Word About Religious Artwork in the 21st Century by his Excellency Pope John Paul II
Some of the most profound callings for religious artwork came at the beginning of the 21st Century when Pope John Paul II offered this bit of advice to religious artists. Pope John Paul II said, "To all who are passionately dedicated to the search for new "epiphanies" of beauty so that through their creative work as artists they may offer these as gifts to the world." An appeal to artists - With this Letter, I turn to you, the artists of the world, to assure you of my esteem and to help consolidate a more constructive partnership between art and the Church. Mine is an invitation to rediscover the depth of the spiritual and religious dimension which has been typical of art in its noblest forms in every age. It is with this in mind that I appeal to you, artists of the written and spoken word, of the theatre and music, of the plastic arts and the most recent technologies in the field of communication. I appeal especially to you, Christian artists: I wish to remind each of you that, beyond functional considerations, the close alliance that has always existed between the Gospel and art means that you are invited to use your creative intuition to enter into the heart of the mystery of the Incarnate God and at the same time into the mystery of man.