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Accordingly, Mormon art varies widely in style. [citation needed] Richard G. Oman, expert on LDS art and curator of acquisitions for the LDS Church History Museum prior to 2010, states in an excerpt on visual artists in the Encyclopedia of Mormonism that the church purposefully holds no limitations on LDS artistic style to promote stylistic ...
The museum has collections of art, artifacts, documents, photographs, tools, clothing and furniture from the almost two-century history of the LDS Church. Outside of the curators, administrative, and other staff, a large volunteer workforce of Latter-day Saints from the surrounding communities conduct tours of the museum's exhibits and put on ...
One of Teichert's most famous exhibits, "Pageants in Paint", has been on display in the Museum of Art. [14] Several of Teichert's works are also on display on the campus of Brigham Young University–Idaho. [6] Teichert's Book of Mormon murals are part of the collection at the BYU Museum of Art. [15]
Parson is a traditional realist artist and creates mostly Latter-day Saint art, but also works on other themes, such as landscapes. The LDS Church has commissioned Parson to paint over 240 works, [3] many of which are of Jesus Christ. One painting in particular, of the resurrected Christ exiting the tomb, is found in many the church's ...
In June 2017, the BYU Museum of Art opened the exhibition The Interpretation Thereof: Contemporary LDS Art and Scripture. [24] Kershisnik's work, Descent From the Cross, is included in this exhibition, which Sean Rossiter criticized for depicting Christ too lightly, and as he argues, limiting the emotional weight of Crucifixion of Jesus. [25]
Delighted with the painting, Adele Cannon Howells, the Primary President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints wanted to commission Friberg to create twelve paintings depicting the Book of Mormon for The Primary's published magazine called The Children's Friend. Financing for taking on such a project was an obstacle as there was ...
The first major art work that Christensen undertook while in Utah was a commission from Dimick B. Huntington to do a collection of paintings from the Bible and Book of Mormon, in collaboration with Dan Weggeland. [10] Christensen is best known for his Mormon Panorama, a series of 23 large paintings that depict the history of the church. [11]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints holds a number of sites as historically significant. This list is intended as a quick reference for these sites. The sites may or may not be owned by the church.