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March 11, 2015

Secularizing Religious Art Robs It of Its Meaning

What use is "a secular perspective on the Bible’s pivotal role in art history"?

The Museum of Biblical Art (MoBIA), located in New York City, currently has on display an exhibit of Renaissance sculpture borrowed from the cathedral museum of Florence. Despite its name, the museum officially “takes a secular perspective on the Bible’s pivotal role in art history.” The results of this approach, writes Maureen Mullarkey, can be detected in the exhibit:

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