Helping One’s ‘Self’: The Great Controversy of Cutlery
It is man’s nature to make art of nature.
It is man’s nature to make art of nature.
Modern man has bought into the broken merchandise of aesthetic subjectivism, after first embracing ethical subjectivism, resulting in countless works of art that deify ugliness as if it were a new form of beauty.
In an age where modern art often prioritizes shock value over substance, how can we rediscover the timeless beauty that has inspired generations? In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Elizabeth Lev, a renowned art historian with a passion for the Italian Renaissance and Baroque periods. This conversation invites you to reconnect with the transformative power of beauty and its vital place in our lives.
As long as there is a viewing public that can witness beauty, there will be a desire for tradition.
Jan C. Bentz talks with David Clayton, artist, writer, and provost at Pontifex University, about beauty and art. Is beauty objective? Is it scientific? What makes a good artist good? All these and more related questions are tackled by Clayton in the context of art and sacred art.
The Italian writer argued that when society dismisses or disparages beauty, it cuts itself off from reality itself.
A true celebration of the mind for lovers of classical ancient and medieval thought, Morello’s is a valuable guide.
It’s a safe bet that Archbishop Ulrich and his acolytes never asked themselves about the transmission of the faith and the salvation of souls when approving these supposedly aesthetic choices.
The most important thing for Scruton was to show that beauty can lead us from worldly concerns to the most important themes of our lives.
Defenders of ‘the nation’ often fall back on practical issues of scale and power balance, ignoring the Biblical and Platonic tradition that celebrates the diversity of nations as an aesthetic good.
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