How Were Adam and Eve in Paradise? The Vision of Saint Hildegard of Bingen
Saint Hildegard’s visions depict everything significant that took place in Eden.
Fighting the Snail: How Medieval People Thought
Every being or thing in nature has a divine reason.
Art Comes from Heaven
Faithful people should develop the habit of imagining Heaven.
Michelangelo’s Upward Striving
“No one could have departed from this life with a finer attitude nor with greater devotion.”
Why is Modern Art So Ugly?
The medium of modern art is nothing more than a carefully crafted expression of the Modernist heresy.
Traditional Catholic Art Conference Moves to DC
It is a movement aimed at restoring beauty to its rightful place in our culture and building friendships between those so engaged.
The Synesthesia of Renaissance Art
This connection between music and painting underscores the importance of synesthesia in Renaissance art.
The Music Regained in Heaven
In the Blessed in Paradise, the instruments project us into the spiritual harmony that the blessed regain in music.
Catholic Art Institute 4th Annual Conference
Above: the old St. Alphonsus parish theatre, now refounded as the Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture Our readers should be aware that The Catholic Art Institute will be hosting its 4th annual conference, this year themed “Art & Virtue.” The event will take place on Sunday, October 30th, beginning with High Mass at St.…
The Neoclassical Grandeur of Antonio Canova
Two centuries ago, on the morning of October 13, 1822, in Venice “died a sublime Christian” the artist for whose work “the sculpture came out renewed”, as we read on the memorial tablet placed on the door of his Roman studio: Antonio Canova.[1] He was born 65 years earlier, on November 1, 1757 in Possagno,…
The Great Emperor and the Art He Inspired
Probably, but not certainly, 1750 years ago, on February 27, 272, a great Roman emperor and a brilliant politician was born in Naissus, Moesia (now Niš, Serbia): Flavius Valerius Constantinus, also known as Constantine the Great. His father is Constantius Chlorus, Caesar (deputy emperor) of the northwest, and his mother is St. Helena. Challenging the…