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Art from the ancient age has turned out to be one of the elements of culture that uniquely

show heritage. Some artworks have become famous due to their establishments and the message

they communicate to the people. Being famous to the general public do not always imply that

there is a meaningful message that is communicated but can also become famous because it goes

against the beliefs of individuals or a particular group of people. There have been art works that

have been previously received well by some people while others feel their cultural and religious

beliefs are undermined. A good example of such art works includes Andreas Serrano crucifix

image that was received warmly in the art world to an extent it received awards severally but to

Christians particularly from the catholic religious group did not expect it to be awarded as it

contradicted with their belief (Blume and Andres, p. 45). Andreas Serrano crucifix image was at

some point seen as a way of creativity in the world of art considering it was done by a young

man who is trying to come up with innovations. Funding of the crucifix image cannot be referred

to as violating the beliefs of particular individuals. In this piece of work, I agree with the funding

of the image as artwork from the taxpayer's money from an art point of view.

To those who criticized the Andres Serrano Piss Christ, they argued that it was a crucifix

that was in dipped in urine. Also, there are arguments that idolization of the body of Christ is

wrong. In art perspective, Andres was interested in getting to a deeper understanding of how the

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issues that revolve around the body of Christ and the whole scenario of Christianity can be

incorporated in Art. There is a message that was communicated in the Crucifix. Think about how

human beings worship God through Jesus Christ; there is a lot that can be derived in the whole

scenario (Casey, p. 19). Understanding of the whole event matters a lot in that case.

During the time of Jesus, there were no cameras or art elements that could be used to

show capture events such as cameras. It is clear that the image that is used to represent the

crucifix of Jesus is also a part of art as it was as a result of the imagination of how the events

took place. After it was incorporated in Catholic Church, it became a sign that is used in religion.

From a different perspective, it is clear that Andres was trying to advance the art work in general.

Dipping the crucifix in a fluid that seemed to be unclean had a deeper meaning of how the

society was at that time.

Piss Christ was developed in 1987. During this time urine was seen as a byproduct from

the human body that cannot be used to illustrate anything either on earth or in heaven. By Andres

using it in art, he may have gone through the sufferings that Jesus Christ went through with His

no sinful nature but was used to save human beings who are filled with all sorts dirt.

Andres should be rewarded to come up with such a heroic meaning of explaining the

nature of the Christ and how unclean urine is. He must have thought of what he could have

compared the nature uncleanliness before arriving at urine (Meyer, p. 39). Also, there is a huge

difference between art and religion which should not be misinterpreted. Unless one critically

focuses on the nature of art and how it communicates its ideas, varied responses to the extent of

rejection may be arrived at. Therefore, the ideological nature of Andres should be embraced in

the art world and get rewarded for motivational purposes if it makes sense.

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Surname 1 Name Professor Course Date Assignment 4 Art from the ancient age has turned out to be one of the elements of culture that uniquely show heritage. Some artworks have become famous due to their establishments and the message they communicate to the people. Being famous to the general public do not always imply that there is a meaningful message that is communicated but can also become famous because it goes against the beliefs of individuals or a particular group of people. There have been art works that have been previously received well by some people while others feel their cultural and religious beliefs are undermined. A good example of such art works includes Andreas Serrano crucifix image that was received warmly in the art world to an extent it received awards severally but to Christians particularly from the catholic religious group did not expect it to be awarded as it ...
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