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Aquinas, Augustin, Benedict and Corbon on Seven and Eight in the Psalms and the Liturgy.

by David Clayton on May 14, 2013 · 0 comments

The Pattern of the Liturgy is a Model for Design in Beauty that Will Draw People To Your Work

In his book the Wellspring of Worship, Jean Corbon talks about the significance of the numbers seven and eight in the…

Christian Geometric Art in an Arabic Gospel

by David Clayton on May 3, 2013 · 0 comments

Last week I featured the first work produced by my students at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in their sacred geometry class. They did eight sided figures based upon an Islamic design. Just in case anyone has been wondering…

The Franciscan Liturgical Art – An Inspiration for Rebuilding the Church Today

by David Clayton on April 30, 2013 · 0 comments

The rich artistic fruit of the spirituality of charity and poverty. Following the excellent feature introduced by Shawn Tribe – the Sacred Liturgy and the Apostolate - on how liturgy is the ‘indespensable’ source of momentum for increased charity and…

SHORT FEATURE: CARMAGEDDON GONE YAKETY

by David on April 30, 2013 · 0 comments

So, over at Aleteia this weekend I spent some time with Michael Bay’s Pain & Gain. Ultimately there were a few things which kept me from completely liking it, but I have to give the film its due. Bay has…

The Suffering and Death of Christ in 15th Century Relief Carving

by David Clayton March 30, 2013

Following on from last week’s relief carvings of the Entry in Jerusalem, here are some images relating to the Passion: two Western 15th century relief carvings appropriate for Easter – the crucifixion and a deposition; and late gothic painting of…

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Two Relief Carvings of the Entry into Jerusalem

by David Clayton March 22, 2013

Here are some images selected, at least initially, with Palm Sunday in mind. They have three things in common: they are of the same subject – the Entry into Jerusalem; they are both relief carvings; and they are both by…

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Why Man Venerates Images of Angels, Even Though He is Higher than the Angels

by David Clayton March 1, 2013

From John of Damascus’s On the Divine Images
It is uncanny how often this sort of thing happens: if you read the Fathers, Scripture or the Liturgy, I find that just when I’m thinking about something I discover a passage…

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GARGOYLES

by David February 11, 2013

THE PLOT
“Incorporating themes from horror films of both the ’50s and the ’70s, this suspenseful TV movie stars Cornel Wilde and Jennifer Salt as an archaeologist and his daughter, who discover a strange skull on display at a roadside…

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THINGS TO COME: WORLD WAR Z

by David February 1, 2013

On Superbowl Sunday, millions of people around the world will see this trailer, and I’m guessing there are a number of them who might be left with one question…

What is this movie about?
Oh sure, I know and you…

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More Russian Statues

by David Clayton January 29, 2013

I recently posted an article about Russian statuettes of saints at the Museum of Russian Icons. I discussed how surprised I was to see statues in Russia. Generally the iconographic tradition doesn’t allow for anything more than relief sculpture. In…

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