At Princeton, the Ugliness Is the Point
by Kari Jenson GoldPrinceton’s Gothic towers point to a higher truth. But the school's new creed of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion cannot permit spires. Continue Reading »
Princeton’s Gothic towers point to a higher truth. But the school's new creed of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion cannot permit spires. Continue Reading »
A new generation of artisans is being trained in classical methods to replace the sterile, joyless structures we’ve been stuck with since the 1960s. Continue Reading »
Our contemporary malaise cannot be understood without considering the physical spaces in which we work, study, live, and die. Continue Reading »
Grandeur and beauty in interior decoration helps to give a sense of institutional authority and self-confidence in the face of demands from activist students intoxicated by What’s Happening Right Now. Continue Reading »
Many old churches are being neglected in Europe, but some organizations are undertaking measures to preserve those that remain. Continue Reading »
Architecture is profoundly important; beautiful architecture is healing, and ugly architecture, even if functional, can be harmful. Continue Reading »
Modern people, despite being drawn to medieval aesthetics and artificats, cannot seem to bear to examine what those artifacts are modeled on: the intelligible order glimpsed by the eye of faith. Continue Reading »
The planned redesign of Notre-Dame de Paris’s interior is an atrocity that will turn the cathedral into little more than a Catholic Disneyland. Continue Reading »
A Catholic understanding of art is about more than cherishing faded glories.
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Throughout history, times of plague and catastrophe have called for serious responses in the form of churches and sacred art. Continue Reading »