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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 4359833, member: 56&quot;]I&#039;m not sure that this is in reference to specifically religious art.&nbsp; For a fundamentalist believer is there a differentiation between religious and secular art?&nbsp; How iconoclastic Islamic art is, is debatable - it likely depends on the depth of belief of the artist, and the milieu in which they find themselves working.&nbsp; There are many who take a better-safe-than-sorry attitude.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nor is this specifically an Islamic issue.&nbsp; Any religion you can name will have its fundamentalists whose beliefs extend into iconoclasm.&nbsp; The question is: how influential are they in the larger cultural context?</p><p><br /></p><p>I once had this picture posted in my workspace:</p><p><img src="https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/features/slideshows/henri-rousseau/rousseau_dream.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A fundamentalist Christian working in the same office took one look at it and snorted, &quot;Pornography!&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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