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An Intensive Summer School in Academic Drawing for Catholics – Useful Whatever Your Preferred Tradition

by David Clayton on May 10, 2013 · 0 comments

Learn the Academic Method and Earn College Credit Whatever your preferred style of art, I always feel, if you are an artist who seeks to create beautiful work you must learn to draw. Drawing is the core discipline, the musical…

Some Geometric Art from Thomas More College Students

by David Clayton on April 26, 2013 · 0 comments

Here are some examples of geometric art produced by students from Thomas More College of Liberal Arts. They are their first projects for my Way of Beauty class. They were asked to produce an octagonal tile pattern that was based…

Two Relief Carvings of the Entry into Jerusalem

by David Clayton on March 22, 2013 · 0 comments

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…

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…

Certificate of Sacred Art Offered by Canadian University

by David Clayton March 5, 2013

St. Mary’s University College, which is an independent Catholic liberal arts university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada is launching a Certificate in Sacred Arts. This is open to anyone. there are practical classes and lectures, but the emphasis appears to…

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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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Universality, Noble Accessibility and a Pop Culture that will Save the World

by David Clayton November 30, 2012

The principle of universality is not something I had considered in any depth at all until recently, when it was mentioned in a talk about sacred music. I have been reflecting on its meaning in other aspects of the culture…

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Podcast for ‘Catholic Vitamins’ about Icons

by David Clayton November 8, 2012

I was recently interviewed by Tom Fox of the Catholic Vitamins website (www.catholicvitamins.com). He wanted to talk about icons and this came under the heading of O for Orans, You can hear the interview here.
I have to admit I…

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The Music of Roman Hurko and the Principle of Noble Accessibility

by David Clayton September 11, 2012

Below is some new music written by Roman Hurko, a Byzantine Catholic. It is the Our Father from his Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, which has recently come to my attention.I have written a couple of times on the importance…

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A 7th Century Saint Describes How We Participate in the Transfiguration and Shine with the Light that will Save the World

by David Clayton September 7, 2012

The spirit is the mind’s eye through which we see God, face to face, and by which we partake of the divine nature, and are transfigured, in this life by degrees, through our participation in the mystical body of Christ.…

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