"There is quite a bit of good romantic realist art being produced today by those who arguably do see man as god."
What kind of art is it? Are the painters athiests?
The term used for what I was speaking of is romantic realism. I suppose that there are plenty of artists engaged in this genre who are religious and plenty who are atheists. What they share is a view of man, when depicted, as admirable when it his best.
The gallery with which I am most familiar that specializes in this type of art is the Cordair Gallery in California. Most of the artists diplayed there tend to be individualists though mostly atheistic.