> From: Kari Foster
>
> > The Renaissance artistic world in general seems more pagan than
> > Christian.
>
> I find that statement surprising; what makes you say that?
It may be more a reflection of my own taste. But when I think of the
Renaissance, and try to think of things which most fully represent the R
Renaissance spirit (even if they aren't the bulk of Renaissance
matter), I think of Botticelli's Venus and all the other portrayals of
ancient myths, Shakespeare's Greco-Roman plays, Marlowe's Hero and
Leander... Of course there's Michaelangelo, but doesn't he really prove
the point, was there even an artist who subscribed less to Christian
denial of the flesh, even though most of his art is on Biblical
subjects? It comes as something of a shock to remember that the David
is a religious statue.
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Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.
-- Moliere
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