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Summer courses: Diploma on the Theology of Sacred Art Offered in US and UK; Icon painting course in Kansas

by David Clayton on March 19, 2013 · 0 comments

Once again, Dr Caroline Farey and myself will be teaching the summer residential weekends for the diploma offered by the Maryvale Institute.  There will be a five-day icon painting class afterwards taught by myself. 
It is offered in the US…

Vatican Congregation Restructured to Emphasis the Importance of Sacred Art and Music

by David Clayton on November 20, 2012 · 1 comment

In a very hopeful move the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments will be restructured to focus much more strongly on art and music in the liturgy. This follows directly an moto proprio issued by the Pope…

Floor Tiles from Cleve Abbey in Somerset, England

by David Clayton on October 22, 2012 · 0 comments

Here are some pictures of 13th century tiles from Cleeve Abbey in England. They are a combination of geometric and pictorial designs. The latter employing heraldic and literary themes rather than scriptural. The form will be familiar to some through…

Dr Caroline Farey of the Maryvale Institute to Participate in Vatican Synod on New Evangelisation

by David Clayton October 8, 2012

Dr Caroline Farey of the Maryvale Institute in Birmingham, has been appointed as a participant in the forthcoming Synod of Bishops, in Rome, dedicated to the ‘the new Evangelisation and the Transmission of the Faith’.

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The Fra Angelico Institute for Sacred Arts – based in the diocese of Providence, Rhode Island

by David Clayton October 2, 2012

Going local is the way to change society The culture is a an expression of the core priorities, beliefs and values of a society. This expression is not so much articulated by a governing body that dictates it (the European…

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Some Recently Completed Sacred Art

by David Clayton June 25, 2012

Here are two recently completed works of my own. The first is my own version of a Western iconography. It is Christ in Majesty and will go into the chapel at Thomas More College in Merrimack. I have created the…

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Raphael’s Crucifixion – a Portrayal of the Mass

by David Clayton March 30, 2012

This article about the ‘Mond’ crucifixion, which is in the National Gallery in London, is another by Dr Caroline Farey of the Maryvale Institute. She and I worked together to design the Institute’s degree level diploma (6US credits): Art, Inspiration…

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Hypothesis or Theorem? Evolution, Global Warming and Multiple Universes

by David Clayton March 16, 2012

How understanding the difference between hypothesis and theorem can often enable us to assess the validity of these proposals. There is a video produced by the Discovery Institute called Darwin’s Dilemma that discusses how recently observed scientific data raises doubts…

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The Symbolic Content of Rembrandt’s Holy Family, by Dr Caroline Farey of the Maryvale Institute

by David Clayton February 10, 2012

This short posting, which focusses on the symbolic content in a painting is written by Dr Caroline Farey of the Maryvale Institute. She and I work as a double team, teaching in July at the residential weekend of the one-year…

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