Tenet #3: Focus on the Artwork, not the intention or person of the Artist

This may seem strange because your first thought in evaluating art for the Christian Aesthetic is that the artist himself/herself must be a Christian-- right? Well, many times, that is most certainly true. Christians, who are artists, would probably produce art worthy of the Christian Aesthetic. However, I hope to show that looking at the intention or person of the artist to judge the artwork creates a heap-load of trouble for an Aesthetic theory. Let's look at a simple example: Most Christians (including homeschoolers) would want to include the works of Mozart as a valuable collection of art for their student.....
 Who would truly try to educate a child in music appreciation, even the most dedicated Christian homeschooler, in music and not include Mozart in their program.? Most parents would say, Of course we'd include Mozart for his mastery of composition, his musical theory was nearly perfect, classical style etc etc. The problem is that Mozart was quite a character! Certainly not an exemplary role model for the average child. He was a dandy -- lavish in his extremes, morally questionable, never made an effort to glorify God while he was working and was very enamored with the Secret Society of the Free Masons and incorporated elements of their enlightened path rituals into his music. So if we adopt an Aesthetic Theory for Christianity and use the artist's life or intention as part of our criteria for acceptance, we must leave out a great deal of what the most common person would classify as Masterpieces and Classical works. Most Christians quickly lump artists that share a classical style or live during a particular time period as being acceptable.  They accept that reading this particular list, viewing these artist are worthy of our reflection, delight, study and preservation as part of our European/American heritage without further consideration.  So if you have a Christian friend who tries to play the acceptance card of a work of art worthy of the Christian Aesthetic and they base their criteria on the artist because he was a great classical artist or lived in the age that is considered a more acceptable church age; he/she will run into such a can of worms that they will find themselves with a set of criteria that they can never uphold.