David Clayton

St Francis of Assisi: Illuminations by Matthew Paris

St Francis of Assisi: Illuminations by Matthew Paris

I wonder at the control that the 13th century artist had when working on such a small scale. He must have had exceptional eyesight to work without the aid of optical devices and modern lighting systems. I speak as one who at 61 years old, would struggle to match it with something twice the size even with the best reading and magnifying glasses and electric spot lamps!

Is This An Image of Inclusion or Exclusion?

Is This An Image of Inclusion or Exclusion?

For the woke Marxist, such a painting would be intended to communicate to all people who see it, regardless of race, that Christ was not white. The goal is not to propogate the Faith, but to pit all minorities against people of European descent and cause conflict.

Full 2-Year Formation in Iconography At St Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary - Open to Catholics

Full 2-Year Formation in Iconography At St Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary - Open to Catholics

Predominantly online with residencies in either New York or Athens Dr George Kordis, renowned iconographer and former artist-in-residence at the Institute of Sacred Arts at St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, which is in Yonkers, New York, is launching a two-year program in Byzantine iconography.

Access the Graced Imagination to Love and Serve the Lord

Access the Graced Imagination to Love and Serve the Lord

A Catholic education which involves the study of scripture and the praying of the Hours has its consummation in right worship and the fruit of this is a graced imagination that can inform, potentially, any human activity, sacred or mundane.

How is a Tradition Established? The Emerging Pattern of Christian Art in the Early Church

How is a Tradition Established? The Emerging Pattern of Christian Art in the Early Church

The universal elements of good Christian traditional art both reflect and in turn guide the natural desire of all men for supernatural fulfillment in the Common Good; while the local and temporal variations, which are more superficial but nevertheless also necessary, reflect more individual responses to that call as affected by local cultures. 

GOP Rep. Jim Banks offers bill to prescribe traditional architectural styles for federal buildings

GOP Rep. Jim Banks offers bill to prescribe traditional architectural styles for federal buildings

Architecture by the people, for the people, and of the people; rather than serving the interests of elites who have disdain for them and push Brutalism. Brutalism says: ‘You may not like it, but you’re wrong - we know what is good for you.’The ‘"Beautifying Federal Civic Architecture Act" declares "traditional and classical" architectural styles to be preferred for new Federal government buildings. This sets the tone for a wider American culture of beauty and superabundance.

Liturgical Art as Prophecy and Priesthood: Sacred Art and the Restoration of Human Dignity.

Liturgical Art as Prophecy and Priesthood: Sacred Art and the Restoration of Human Dignity.

To repeat our opening words, we act as we see. The first step is therefore education, not  education merely to swell our head knowledge, but to check, and if necessary, recalibrate,  our vision of the world and of our worship.