La naturaleza jurídica de la obra religiosa con dimensión histórico-artística y su incidencia en el ordenamiento.

The spread of cultural consumption, which may be symptomatic of a gradual and general decline in education standards, has prompted much of legal thinking to privilege the «cultural» dimension of religious art over its religious dimension as such. Given this context, the legal nature of religious artworks is explored here using the methodology of a historical-legal, regulatory and jurisprudential perspective. This paper is framed by issues of intentionality and author copyright, the productive will(s) enacted in the legal transaction underlying a given artwork's creation, as well as the social perception of artistic production in different historical periods. In addition to concerns relating to property rights and the ranking or prioritization of criteria as regards current use(s), the purpose of this paper is to establish the essential legal elements of religious artworks as such. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]