Sacred art was the visual language of Christian civilisation for twelve centuries. Join us as we explore its theology, history, meaning and practice.
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Pretty or spiritually beautiful, what’s the difference?
Why the west desperately needs to rediscover sacred art
When we call a sacred image “beautiful”, what exactly are we praising? Are we only talking about its visual qualities, like a lovely face, sumptuously saturated Gothic colours, or con...
Artist focus: Cimabue, the First Renaissance or Last Byzantine Painter?
(And we’ll teach you how to pronounce it, don’t worry)
Since much of our contemporary popular art history still more or less follows his interpretations, we might as well start with Giorgio Vasari’s assessment. Vasari started his book Live...
The AI Image Death Spiral: What happens when images lose their meaning?
Part 1 - Is the machine degrading our imaginative capacity?
A little experiment
The Sacred Art of Franciscan Umbria
We took a brief look the other day at how the explosion of the Franciscan spiritual phenomenon in 13th century central Italy produced a more affective, narrative treatment of traditional Christian sacred art.
We took a brief look the other...
St. Francis and a new kind of Christian art
No, St. Francis of Assisi is not the “patron of animals”. Giotto. St. Francis preaching to the birds. c. 1290 - 1295. Upper Basilica of Assisi.
It was the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi this last Sunday, and we were able to celebrate Mass...
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Retired from 11 years reporting on Catholic/political issues, now painting and writing from the green heart of Italy about faith, art, history & culture, why the Renaissance is Bad, and why we are going to be OK. Really.
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