The Vatican unveiled its official Nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square on Friday evening, surprising some with its depiction of an astronaut and another figure wearing a Darth Vader-esque helmet coming to adore the Christ child.
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Review: The significant questions of a creative life
Using familiar methods of interpretation, Christopher Pramuk translates stories that illuminate paths to the transcendent when communicated through the arts.
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Dante is remembered most for his depiction of hell. This sculptor wants us to remember heaven, too.
“In our culture Dante is becoming lost.”
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Patriotic paintings we can be proud of on the 4th of July
Leo. J. O’Donovan, S.J., makes a virtual visit to the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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Jesus was not white. Here’s why we should stop pretending he was.
If Jesus is white and you’re not, what does that say about your relationship with him? What does it mean that Christ came for “all,” if you feel left out?
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
I had Covid-19. Ballet renewed my faith in the human body.
To a world in upheaval, ballet is an emblem of calmer times.
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Saying goodbye to a master: a virtual visit to Gerhard Richter at the Met Breuer
Richter, born in 1932 in Dresden, is arguably the most famous living artist.
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Catholic art for your home doesn’t have to be cheesy
Hanging religious art shakes up class-based ideas about how our home should look.
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The stunning (and underappreciated) Mexican influence on American art
In the early 20th century, American artists were intoxicated by the way Mexican muralists transformed their people’s struggle for justice into narrative imagery.
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Tapestries by Raphael make brief return to Sistine Chapekl
The colorful and detailed tapestries depict the lives of Sts. Peter and Paul and events from the Acts of the Apostles.