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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The Word Became Flesh, Not Code; Christianity in the disembodied age
“The labour of their hands…”
St. Joseph and the child Christ in their home workshop, as imagined by Pietro Annigoni. Fresco. 1968
“When they live by the labour of their hands, as our fathers and the apostles did, then they are really...
Pointy with Knobs On: the Triumph of the Gothic
Abbot Suger’s great project
What’s the first thing that pops into your head when you think about Gothic architecture? (Which, of course, I’m assuming you do at least a few times a day.) Pointy, right? Pointed arches. Pointy spires. Everyth...
Whatever happened to Scary Jesus?
Really… how did we get from here to there?
Christ Pantocrator, Daphni Monastery, Chaidari, Greece. c. 1050-1150. Photo by Mark L. Darby, on Flickr.
Someone asked me the other day why medieval and Byzantine depictions of Christ are so...
What did the popes say?
Part II of our Theology of the Image series: Popes and Emperors and sacred images at Nicaea II
It’s easy to fall into the habit of assuming there was a state of conflict between eastern and western Christianity in the early centuries after...
Repost: The Icon of the Transfiguration, Iconoclasm and Charlemagne
How the West began to forget
We’re revisiting this post, originally published about two years ago, exploring the historical and mystical connections between icons, “Theosis,” and the iconoclastic crisis. This week’s post for paid members w...
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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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