Art has many influences that are easy to see and hard to understand. This video gives only a small glimpse of art that has been influenced through religion. The artist who created art during this era painted in order to relay a message. Some may be confused between belief and reality when viewing this exhibit. Spain had one of the biggest art movements concerning art, and it greatly influenced others to convert to Christianity.
Many of the paintings in this exhibit are oil paintings. Almost every painting had some depiction of Mother Mary. This was mainly because Mother Mary was seen as a Saint. What is a saint? A saint is someone that is seen as being extremely holy. The Spanish felt that it was there duty to spread Christianity. Bible stories and miracles were told as through art as oppose to actually storytelling. Because lots of people were illiterate, art was the only way that Spaniards were able to learn about Christianity. Overall, the message that the Spaniards were trying to spread Christianity. That was their legacy through art.

I actually had the chance to view this exhibit, and the basis of the art is religion, specifically Christianity. The art is meant to give the viewer an idea of the story that is being told. The reason why religion is the basis of the art in this exhibit is religion, is because at the time, the Prodestant Reformation was occuring, and artists were trying to help keep people in the church. The Spanish thought themselves as the defender of the faith. One thing that Ronda Kastl did not mention was the fact that one reason why the artists had so much trouble portraying certain scenes is because very few people at the time could read so the artists had to tell an entire bible story or at least a scene within a single painting so that everyone could learn the stories of the Bible.