Are Art and Technology Friends or Enemies?
The question isn’t whether art and technology are friends or enemies of each other but whether they are friends or enemies of humanity.
Results from Tag: 'art'
Vincent Van Gogh — Man of Art, Man of Faith
“Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high,” said Van Gogh. “Then life seems almost enchanted after all.”
The Art of Catholic America (July 17)
Art, music, literature — in a word, beauty — have in the life and history of Catholicism been a great evangelizing force. For a lesson in this we often turn to the lasting masterpieces and legacy of Christendom in Europe. But what about on our own shores: Is there an imprint on the U.S. from American painters, poets and the like who were Catholic? On Register Radio, we explore American artists and Catholicism in the U.S. with Robert Royal, founder and editor in chief of The Catholic Thing. Then we look at the ways the sexual revolution has impacted the professions — particularly education, psychology and medicine — with Jennifer Roback Morse of the Ruth Institute.
Satan and the Art of Darkness
The gift of creativity, like the gift of time or the gift of life, is not removed as soon as we use the gift sinfully.
How Many People Witnessed the Healing of St. Peter’s Mother-in-Law?
SCRIPTURES & ART: Three artists — Rembrandt van Rijn, James Tissot and John Bridges — imagine the healing of St. Peter’s mother-in-law in different ways.
Advent, the Annunciation and the Mérode Altarpiece
The Mérode Altarpiece abounds in theological symbolism.
Post-Modern Vatican Nativity Scene Provokes Wave of Criticism
‘I haven’t seen anyone say they feel more Christian because they’ve seen it,’ art historian Elizabeth Lev said of the controversial display.
St. John the Baptist in Art and Scripture
St. John’s message is not just an historical artifact — it is addressed to you and me.
Tradition and the Meaning of Art
“Impressionism … is another name for that final skepticism which can find no floor to the universe.” —G. K. Chesterton (The Man Who was Thursday)
Light Amid the Ruins: Literature in the 20th Century
And amid the ruins of “progress” it is art, and particularly literature, that has proved the voice of the resistance.
