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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bosko69, post: 12995742, member: 16283&quot;]Humongous Ditto AJ ! </p><p>&nbsp; This is a historical (archaeological) fact-the vast majority of Art produced before the Renaissance and humanistic Age of Enlightenment was &#039;Religious Art&#039;. Art was produced and used by ancient shamans,druids and priests to summon a power/deity to produce a desired effect.</p><p>In other words- Art was a tool for prayer.</p><p>There were periods where cultures created Art simply for decoration and pleasure-think Roman erotic,garden and architectural murals.</p><p>The oldest piece of large monumental architecture yet found on earth is Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, est 9500 BCE.All evidence points to it being a temple or &#039;church&#039;.</p><p>Basically,for millennia all Art was religious in nature.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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