THE LINK BETWEEN ART RELIGION AND CLIMATE CHANGE

FROM THE ART GALLERY 

For ages, artists have used their art from paintings, music, sculptures, and drawings to express themselves and tell different stories in a unique style.

One of these artists is Dutch artist Aert Pietersz.

In the painting below Pietersz's painting tells a religious belief about the Final Judgement. 

In the 17th Century up to this day Christianity has held a strong belief that on the last day, the angels would blow their trumpets and the dead would rise from their graves for the final Judgement day when God would send the righteous to heaven and the wicked to the damned hell.

It was a subject of religious art in the below painting that Pietersz painted a year before his death in 1611.

Pietersz' painting can be found on https://Resources4ClimateChange 

The same painting has been reimagined by Valentin, A highly talented  Russian landscape artist from Tver

In explaining the link between Climate Change, Art, and Religion the inspiration of the art reimagine were derived from the discovery of prehistoric animals delivered from the permafrost of Siberia  as Climate Change thawed the ice in which they have been perfectly preserved "Valentin illustrates a similar resurrection story to that of humans on the Judgement Day when the final trumpet will be blown."

The creatures that so far have included a wolf, a lynx, a bison, a baby mammoth, and two lion cubs are between 10 000 and 40 000 years old and have their skin and fur perfectly preserved. 

A reimagined piece of Pietersz painting done by Valentin

In the reimagined painting the innocent creatures are being encouraged to rise from their graves by an Angel dressed in a Harmataz suit and go to heaven.

 And the humans because of their "wickedness" in causing "Climate Change" dressed in their burial shrouds, trudge to the inevitable fate awaiting them.

As seen in the background fires that have ravaged many of the Siberian forests are still burning.

Above the smoke, In the far North, you can see the Yamal Liquified Gas plants.

To remove the specific Christian reference Valentin has used the Greek symbols Alpha and Omega which translates to  "the beginning and the end" to symbolize the Lord of Creation.

In place of the four apostles in the four corners, he has included the   Latin proverb which loosely translated to "Life: a vicious circle or "You reap what you sow"

This work and many other works by Valentin and those of many other artists can be found on https://www.resources4climatechange.com 

Article Authored by:Takesure Matewa for ENVIRO-AGRI NEWS AAFRICA in Collaboration with Resources4Climate Change

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