An Introduction towhat and how religious criticism of artworks

The field of art criticism is very broad insomuch that a lot of various types of schools and ideologies have been in present over the years, and various approaches have emerged in this field. But they generally have humanistic and irreligious basis. Therefore, the vacancy of religious criticism and its divine principles and foundations, among approaches and types of art criticism, has provided the basis for questioning about what and how this criticism and its principles and characteristics are.This research is a fundamental theoretical one, and in terms of methodology is a libraries and analytical. According to this research, religion [in its true sense, means Islam] seems to be the proper basis for reading, interpreting, analyzing, and criticizing all human affairs, such as artworks. In addition, it does not have many other disadvantages that the other criticisms have. The basics and principles of this criticism can be deduced from the main sources and texts of religion. This article, is briefly concerned about what and some of the most important principles of religious criticism of artworks.