# Religion and Art in Ancient Greece

Author: Gardner, Ernest Arthur, 1862-1939

Genre: Greece

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20523

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## Summary

The relation of religion to art has varied greatly among different peoples and at different periods. At the one extreme is the uncompromising puritan spirit, which refuses to admit any devices of human skill into the direct relations between God and man, whether it be in the beauty of church or temple, in the ritual of their service, or in the images which they enshrine. Other religions, such as those of the Jews or of Islam, relegate art to a subordinate position; and while they accept its services to decorate the buildings and apparatus connected with divine worship, forbid any attempt to make a visible representation of the deity. Modern Christianity, while it does not, as a rule, repe...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-art-in-ancient-greece-20523/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-art-in-ancient-greece-20523/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-art-in-ancient-greece-20523/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-art-in-ancient-greece-20523/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-art-in-ancient-greece-20523/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-art-in-ancient-greece-20523/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/religion-and-art-in-ancient-greece-20523/chapters/3/index.md)