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Baroque Sacred Art: Hope that Transcends Suffering, #1
The style that developed in 17th-century Italy: its origins, principles, and visual vocabulary
Sep 16
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David Clayton
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Gothic Art, #2
Late Gothic masters, the threshold of the Renaissance, and the birth of secular art
Sep 9
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David Clayton
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Gothic Art, #1
The Art of Pilgrimage
Sep 2
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David Clayton
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The Crown of Thorns and the Lily Cross: the Symbolism of the new Adam and the new Eve
As expressed in Byzantine hymns and three paintings: English Pre-Raphaelite, Heironymous Bosch, and an English medieval wall painting
Aug 12
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David Clayton
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The Iconographic Style, #2: Images Not Made with Human Hands: Our Lady of Guadalupe
Does an icon truly resemble our heavenly destiny, or only symbolize it — and what Our Lady of Guadalupe tells us about the answer.
Aug 5
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David Clayton
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The Iconographic Style, #1: Truths and Myths
What icons actually are, where the tradition came from, and the modern myths that have grown up around it.
Jul 29
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David Clayton
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Sacred Art #2: What Governs the Style of the Traditions
How the anthropology of the Theology of the Body accounts for the iconographic, Gothic, and Baroque styles, and why the art of Leonardo and Michelangelo…
Jul 22
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David Clayton
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Sacred Art #1: Revealing the Invisible by Visible Means
On the purpose of sacred art, the role of style in communicating theological truth, and the three authentic traditions of liturgical art: iconographic…
Jul 15
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David Clayton
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The Use of Sarum Book of Hours: Beautiful 14th-Century English Illuminations
A Model for Artists Today
Jul 8
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David Clayton
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How Every Painting Is Built, Part 2 of 2: Line, Tone, Colour
Last week, we looked at the choice of medium - why it matters, what the main options are, and how the properties of each shape the kind of image an…
Jun 22
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David Clayton
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How Every Painting Is Built, Part 1 of 2: Choice of Medium and Why It Matters
Part 1 of 2 | Why the choice of medium is never just a technical decision
Jun 17
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David Clayton
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Buy an Original Landscape and Transform the Culture!
If you purchase this beautiful painting for your home. You will support the work of an artist and the gallery, and generate money for Scala Foundation…
May 27
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David Clayton
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