The Scandal of God Incarnate
byWhen Max Ernst first displayed The Blessed Virgin Chastising the Infant Jesus in 1926, the citizens of Cologne were aghast. The public outcry was…
When Max Ernst first displayed The Blessed Virgin Chastising the Infant Jesus in 1926, the citizens of Cologne were aghast. The public outcry was…
Paroma Chatterjee. The Living Icon in Byzantium and Italy: The Vita Image, Eleventh to Thirteenth Centuries. Cambridge University Press, 2014. 297pp. 34 B/W, 16…
At my fidgety age I am less and less inclined towards spontaneity. I admit my guilt, though it may not be my fault. Ventures out…
On a recent trip to India I visited the National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi. I confess I knew little to nothing about Indian…
Editor’s Note: This is the third of a three-part series on the relationship between the artist and the church. The first post ran on…
Stephen N. Fliegel, A Higher Contemplation: Sacred Meaning in the Christian Art of the Middle Ages. Kent, Ohio: Kent State State University Press, 2012, 136 pp., £36.50/$42.00…
I’m coming to you from St Benedict’s Abbey in Atchison, Kansas, and I’d like to speak a word on behalf of utilitarian art. As…