Events Roundup—10.27.22

by Editors

Events happening over the coming days that may interest our readers. Continue Reading »

27 Oct 2022

The Man Who Painted the Reformation

by Jane Coombs

As humanists sought the truth by mastering ancient languages, and reformers by printing the Gospels in vernacular ones, Holbein pursued the truth by recording his subjects—both Protestants and Catholics—in honest, startling detail. Continue Reading »

28 Feb 2022

Great Art Can Be Propaganda

by Kyle Smith

Political messaging can make for bad art—but also for masterpieces. Continue Reading »

21 Feb 2022

The Art of Living

by Mark Bauerlein

Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn joins the podcast to discuss her new book, Ars Vitae: The Fate of Inwardness and the Return of the Ancient Arts of Living. Continue Reading »

23 Sep 2021

Why You Should Read Peter Handke

by John Wilson

A Peter Handke reading list. Continue Reading »

18 Oct 2019

Americans and the Arts

by Mark Bauerlein

Featuring Sunil Iyengar on current trends in Americans’ engagement with the arts. Continue Reading »

19 Oct 2018

Redeeming Transcendence

by John Wilson

Christian discourse of “transcendence” via a sort of common grace is often inadvertently at odds with God’s self-revelation in Scripture. Continue Reading »

28 Sep 2018

Calvin, Kuyper, and God's Aesthetic Purposes

by Richard J. Mouw

Abraham Kuyper was fond of appealing to John Calvin’s authority on various subjects, but when he turned to the subject of art in his 1898 Stone Lectures at Princeton Seminary, he did so in a rather odd way. He said that he was going to look for insights from the Genevan Reformer on the subject . . . . Continue Reading »

3 May 2016

The Craft of Christian Wiman

by Mark Bauerlein

In light of our upcoming poetry event on October 25, here's an introduction to Christian Wiman's verse.

16 Oct 2015

Weird Lessons from Macbeth

by Travis LaCouter

Justin Kurzel’s new film adaptation of Macbeth benefits from gorgeous cinematography and a highly effective—even overpowering—soundtrack. The scenery and costumes are luscious without seeming showy, and the whole production moves along at a neat clip, clocking in at just over one hundred . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Oct 2015