Category: Art
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Seaport by Sunset
May this image and similar ones unfold before our mind like the sails unfurl in Claude’s painted harbour, catching the divine breeze that propels ship and crew, heart and soul, toward the blissful embrace of the rising Sun.
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Woodcarving As Worship
Genuine beauty is the splendour of the truth. The more directly a truth refers to God, the more splendid its illustration must be. This applies supremely to the sacred liturgy.
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Picasso’s Guernica or, This Is Not A Corrida
The bombing of Guernica in northern Spain occurred on April 26, 1937. Picasso painted a picture after the same name, becoming a turning point in his career.
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Noli Me Tangere
Do not touch me? What do you mean, Do not touch me? Lord, should your Resurrection on this Easter morning keep me from you?
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The Veil of Saint Veronica
Reflection on the vivid depiction of Christ’s Holy Face by engraver Claude Mellan (1649)