On Being Broken
A sixteenth-century painter, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (forever known as Caravaggio for his hometown in northern Italy’s Lombardy region), shocked and scandalized his society. Using...
View ArticleCaravaggio, Dior, and the Invasion of Grace
Every time I mention my love for Caravaggio’s paintings in devout Catholic circles, I feel as if I am causing scandal. “Wait!” I hear them saying, “You like the painter who was a murderer and used a...
View ArticleSaint Luke, the Artist
St. Luke is known as a fellow worker with St. Paul, an evangelist (the author of the Gospel that bears his name and the Acts of the Apostles) and a physician. For iconographers, St. Luke is revered as...
View ArticleHitler, War, and Why Art Matters
Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere. —G.K. Chesterton Over the recent Thanksgiving weekend, our family stumbled upon George Clooney’s 2014 World War II film The Monuments Men, a...
View ArticleJoel Clarkson and the Importance of Human Creativity to Faith
Today, Matt Nelson catches up with Joel Clarkson, an award-winning composer, author, and voiceover performer. Joel has a degree in music composition from Berklee College of Music, a master’s degree in...
View ArticleHeartbeats of Incarnation: Creativity in Crisis
During World War II, C.S. Lewis wrote an essay called “Learning in War-Time” in which he defended the continued pursuit of education during a time of global conflict. In his conclusion he admits the...
View Article3 Great Paintings on Christian Freedom, Now in Fort Worth, Texas
Pope Benedict XVI often said that “art and the saints are the greatest apologetic of the faith.” This certainly rang true for me during a recent visit to the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. I...
View Article“David” and Slaying Giants, Through Grace
Michelangelo’s David is arguably one of the most famous pieces of art ever created. Anyone can recognize the statue, even if only because they once saw a copy of it in an Italian restaurant. Many...
View ArticleBono, John Lennon, St. Augustine—and the Big Love
At one point during a video series of discussions on the Psalms and faith, U2’s frontman Bono (speaking with David Taylor, assistant professor of theology and culture at Fuller Theological Seminary)...
View ArticleTianna Williams: Leading with Beauty and Trusting in God
Today Matt Nelson sits down with Canadian artist Tianna Williams to discuss her work, as well as the methods and inspiration behind her paintings of the faces of Mary and the Saints. Could you begin by...
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