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Monday, 2 June 2014

Hamblin & Peterson: Art and the Language of the Divine

Posted on 23:00 by tripal h
DESERET NEWS
By William Hamblin and Daniel Peterson
Sistine Chapel at the Vatican in preparation for the conclave, Saturday, April 16, 2005. Pier Paolo Cito, AP
UTAH---Editor's note: Portions of this column were previously published in Meridian Magazine. Today our world is overwhelmed with an almost infinite number of images — too many are degrading or disgusting, others merely banal. Art in many of its forms has largely been co-opted by commerce and advertising in the never-ending quest to sell one more product. Yet throughout most of history, the vast majority of art has been based on religious themes and patronage. [link]
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