在人类历史的发展过程中,宗教与艺术有着密切的关系。首先,宗教可以借助艺术所提供的虚拟空间和生动形式得以流布;其次,艺术又可以借助宗教所提供的材料不断丰富和完善自身的内容和形式。黑格尔《美学》中认为:“宗教往往利用艺术,来使我们更好地感受宗教真理,或是用图像说明宗教真理以便想象。”卡西尔在其《人论》中认为『神话从一开始就是潜在的 In the development of human history, religion and art have a close relationship. First of all, religion can be circulated through the virtual space and the vivid forms provided by the arts. Secondly, art can enrich and perfect its contents and forms through the materials provided by religion. In Hegel’s Aesthetics, “religion often uses art to make us feel better about religious truths or use images to illustrate religious truths for imagination.” In his Theories of Man, Cassirer argues that " Myths are potential from the beginning