As visible religion, art communicates religious beliefs, customs, and values through iconography and depictions of the human body. The foundational principle for the interconnections between art and religion is the reciprocity between image making and meaning making as creative correspondence of humanity with divinity.
Areligious art was most of what was done back in the day, so i'd say it would impact it heavily because it was a huge part in how art is made today. or at least i think so
