t has the problem of making an individual work of art and, as well, building up a total body of work. All these eleven points are perspectives on the way in which we should view art.Art and the Bible is a very interesting book. In order to critique this interpretation of art I really had to think about what all he was saying. For me to critique a book I must look at each main point made, the reason for this is because some of the points are better then others and I feel I should note this.The first point was regarding graven images, I really think that this point was for the most part common sense, as a Christian we already know that to put anything in front of God and worship it is wrong, so his point was true, and clear but it was commonsense. He made two points, which I found very interesting. He was talking about how art was commanded by God to be put into the Tabernacle and the Temple. I never knew that it was commanded to have such beautiful artwork present in these Holy places. He also mentioned Secular art, I think that was important to mention. Some Christians have the tendency to think that everything not to do directly with God is a sin and I dont believe that this is true. He mentioned how there was a lot of beautiful art adorning Solomons throne, I think this is a good point to make because art thats not Christian doesnt mean that it is not a creative, and God created us and our creativity. Then he mentioned how God directly used art as a lesson to the Jews and look at the coming crucifixion of Jesus. This doesnt really apply to anything these days but it is fascinating to se how God used art as an object lesson. The next three points made were regarding other forms of art I think that this was a good thing to mention. The reason for this is because art is a very broad subject and it was smart to include not only works of art such as paintings and pictures, but poetry, music, dance and drama. For each of the four art forms ...
