“Art has to endow all the objects with which man naturally surrounds himself – a house, a fountain, a drinking vessel, a garment, a carpet
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Call to Art: Excerpts from “The Catholic Writer Today”
In his essay “The Catholic Writer Today,” published in the December 2013 issue of First Things, Dana Gioia questions the lack of influence that such
Jeremy Begbie: Theology and the Arts
1. The arts show us the possibility of transformation, sometimes art is made from the most unlikely sources 2. Even the worst can be woven
How to [Not] Visit a Museum
The amusing thing about having four children is that you can look back at when you had two and tell yourself it was easy. It
Mary Through Time
In the book of Revelation the apostle John relates his vision of the church while he was imprisoned on the isle of Patmos. One of
“Reclining Dress Impression with Drapery” (2009) Karen LaMonte
Trompe-l’œil is a sort of visual sleight of hand. With great skill an artist can paint a canvas so that it looks like a framed picture,