The Art Assignment
Empathy Through Religious Art
00:00 - 05:16

Empathy's relationship to art gets more complex when you consider the origin of the word, which came into being only about a hundred years ago. Religious art has long taken on the task of stirring up emotion and empathy in those who look upon it since the beginning. Today we look at The Rottgen Pirta, Jizo, Francisco Goya work and the emotions they invoke through religious art that can still be felt today

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