There is a pretty broad consensus, I would say, that for all the benefits that they bring, modern industry and technology also have a detrimental effect on the environment. There is disagreement, however, on why that should be so, the degree of the problem, and how to solve it.
Largest Church in Kansas to be Built in Romanesque Revival Style at a Cost of $30M
The Frescoes at St Francis of Assisi, Baddesley Clinton, England, Part 3 - the Chancel Arch Images
My hope is that every person in this parish is catechized so as to understand the images they see. Then, when people visit the church to see the paintings, as they surely will, any parishioner can be a docent who takes them on a tour of the church and in so doing becomes an evangelist for the Faith.
The Frescoes at St Francis of Assisi, Baddesley Clinton, England, Part 2 - the Schema of the Sacred Art
Recently Completed Frescoes by Martin Earle, Baddesley Clinton, England, Part 1
Are Film Scores Contemporary High-Art Music?
There is no such thing as music for music’s sake, just as there is no such thing, despite what we are told, as art for art’s sake. The very fact that a composer or artist decides to create something means that it must have some purpose in his mind. Beautiful music and art are so because they fulfill a noble purpose.