Religious art or sacred art is artistic imagery using religious inspiration and motifs and is often intended to uplift the mind to the spiritual. Sacred art involves the ritual and cultic practices and practical and operative aspects of the path of the spiritual realization with the artist's religious tradition.

Before art was put in museums, art mostly served as the visual counterpart to religious stories. Art and religion have gone hand in hand for thousands of years. It glorifies, protests, idealizes, and tells the stories of religion. During some periods of history, art existed for the sake of religion, created for worship or religious ritual. Historically, people lavished the finest materials and workmanship on things that represented their most deeply held beliefs.

Works of art illustrate some of the main theological concepts of the world's major religions.