How has religion influenced art and how has art influenced religion? Join Dr Emma Taylor on a fascinating journey through the intertwining histories of how the Western world paints and worships.

Would we imagine Jesus looking the way we do if it weren’t for the thousands of depictions of the white, brunette figure in Mediaeval art? Probably not. But how did this representation come to be? This is among the questions Emma poses in this tour through TheGallery’s religious art collection.

Through TheGallery’s extensive collection of religious art, Emma compares pre- and post-Renaissance works to examine the impact the ruling classes had on both art and religion, using the medium to support their independent agendas.

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