Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
Published on 02 March, 2012.
Cessnock: Today's form and fields
THIS is the form, fields and comment for today's races at Cessnock. All times are local. Cessnock: Today's form and fields
Hype and glory: meaning of masterpiece
THE word masterpiece once denoted the work that earned an artist his ticket: it proved he had mastered his craft and gained him entry to his guild. Today the word is multi-layered. It suggests a work of art that is not only ingeniously conceived and flawlessly executed, but emblematic of the artist's style and significant in the long and complex sweep of art history. Hype and glory: meaning of masterpiece
Church again opens its door to creativity
THE relationship between art and Christianity began in the catacombs. The two have been intricately involved ever since. You have only to look at the work of the great Western masters - the devotional delicacy of medieval manuscripts, the grand biblical dramas of Michelangelo, Rembrandt's dusky meditations on divinity, the iconoclastic Picasso's appropriations of religious symbolism - to see how closely the stories of faith and culture have always run. Church again opens its door to creativity
THIS is the form, fields and comment for today's races at Cessnock. All times are local. Cessnock: Today's form and fields
Hype and glory: meaning of masterpiece
THE word masterpiece once denoted the work that earned an artist his ticket: it proved he had mastered his craft and gained him entry to his guild. Today the word is multi-layered. It suggests a work of art that is not only ingeniously conceived and flawlessly executed, but emblematic of the artist's style and significant in the long and complex sweep of art history. Hype and glory: meaning of masterpiece
Church again opens its door to creativity
THE relationship between art and Christianity began in the catacombs. The two have been intricately involved ever since. You have only to look at the work of the great Western masters - the devotional delicacy of medieval manuscripts, the grand biblical dramas of Michelangelo, Rembrandt's dusky meditations on divinity, the iconoclastic Picasso's appropriations of religious symbolism - to see how closely the stories of faith and culture have always run. Church again opens its door to creativity
