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This 8 page paper discusses the use of Art and Artists by the Church from the time of Constantine to the pre-Renaissance era. Examples of artwork and artists given/cited. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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reign influenced countless generations after him, both short term and long term. One of the most monumental effects would be the impact on religion. Upon assuming power Constantine published two
edicts. One provided compensation for anyone who had been persecuted for his Christian beliefs, the other gave Christianity a preferential status in the empire. One can chronicle the development of
Christianity from this time through to the Renaissance by the types and styles of the artists and the artwork created during these eras. The early artists earned their reputations by
completing only those works that were liturgical in nature, or those works depicting the nobility. When one seriously begins to study art, to appreciate it one must fully realize the
enormity of the process of creation. Consider that all that exists before paint hits canvas, or chisel to stone, that in the beginning all there is, is an idea and
a blank plane. Art, then, is an idea in concrete form. As such, then, one can tell a great deal about the development of pictorial order from a study of
the various ideas represented in great works of art. Diligent monks who transcribed the Bible and important theological works, illustrated with rich colors and intricate sketches. There were many works
of art etched into wood tablets, metal and on engraving plates. The religious overtones were highly pronounced and most of the work from this time told and retold the stories
inherent in the Bible. The heroes of the Bible, for example, would be depicted in some of their classic stories. Daniel in the Lions Den, or The Madonna. Throughout the
Middle Ages, most sculpture is attached to the walls of the church. The cathedral was a "sermon in stone" which could be "read" by an illiterate population. Before a worshipper
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