: Stephen Bennett
: The Divine Artist Art for God's Sake
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: 9781543901016
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'The Divine Artist' - 'Art for God's Sake' 'God the Divine Artist became the art - He, Jesus, hung on the wooden frame of the cross. He would provide the inspiration for the future artists in these end-times, and to emblazon buildings and canvases, with a chiaroscuro spectrum of Renaissance thought along the way of centuries' Stephen Bennett. Art and artisans can change the world, that possibility is seen all around us; through film, art, music, fashion, architecture, social media, digital platforms, an endless list. Yet, creativity is not just for the artist; creativity is at the very heart and centre of Christianity. In God's eyes everything is art, He is an artist in every sense of the word, and all things He created are for His purposes. The heavens and the world are a canvas oiled and stretched, for us to walk on, and create in. Art as an awakening is normal daily fare in our digital world; God's final purposes for art are at hand in this 21st century. He has many artistic visions to give His artisans on earth. In this book you will get to know God's character as the Divine Artist, and you can let your art be inspired for His sake'

“The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection”Michelangelo

“Art is the concretization of the energy, hopes, and aspirations of humankind;every era generates its own energy”Audrey Flack – photorealist, painter andsculptor

“Art has become a gateway to the realm of the spirit,for all those over whom old religions have lost their hold”Jacques Barzun1973

As you enter Universal Studios in Los Angeles, they will tell you in the pre tour pep talk;“It’s from this point that we influence the globe in all of its trends, fashion, andphilosophy of thought, from over 80 sound studios working virtually 24 hours a day.” The City of Angels moulds our lives way beyond what we would care to admit! Yet, despite its Disneyesque allure, this global cradle of immense creativity is often a home of many aparadoxium; darkness, violence, immorality and excessive human stresses – legions of caliginous angels minister and live in this city.

The world we live in consumes and runs on copious amounts of artistic expression. Society is heavily influenced by every form of art; a massive vogue living of music, television, film, design, publishing, advertising, magazines, fashion, fine-art, and architecture, to name a few. From zany teapots, to mind boggling choices on paint charts, art helps to sculpt and charter our thinking, helping to build the way we live, and forming our philosophy of modern life.

Today, spirituality is more broadly recognized as being intrinsically linked with the influence of the arts. Many non-Christian artists believe in a spiritual transcendence with their artistic endeavor, and the ability of the arts to change and even heal the planet. As we explore the concept of art - which is spiritual - and itsministry in the world, may we see and understand more from a Biblical perspective, art’s ultimate purposes – being for the Creator of all possibilities, God our Father in Heaven - The Divine Artist.

To God everything is Art

‘Forby Him (Jesus)all things were createdthat are in heaven and that are on the earth,visible, and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things werecreated through Him for Him’Colossians 1:16.

In God’s eyes everything is art, and all things created are for Him alone. Tocreate means to cast into moulds, using raw material and fashioning it into preconceived shapes - to mould or squeeze into a shape or form like a potter. In fact Artist God is the Divine Potter (Romans 9:21); everything visible and invisible was created by The Divine Artist. It all has an intelligent, creative design, beginning in t