Fine Art Friday

Fine Art Friday – Russian Orthodox/Vatican Style…

April 5, 2013 By The Crescat 3 Comments

... The Vatican's newest official court artist, Natalia Tsarkova, poses next to a painting of Pope Benedict XVI in her studio by Rome. From Art Daily; ROME (AFP).- After Michelangelo and Raphael, the vatican's latest official painter is something of an unusual choice -- an ebullient Russian woman with a pet owl who is a regular at the court of cardinals and popes. An Orthodox believer in the heart of Roman Catholicism, Natalia Tsarkova paints her classical-style portraits in a flat filled … [Read more...]

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Beauty In Various Forms…

February 22, 2013 By The Crescat 1 Comment

... Orlande de Lassus's Media Vita, as described by my friend, Colin; "(Lassus) is darker than the brightness of Palestrina, so that his bright moments sparkle out of the darkness. It's a chiaroscuro in music - the soundtrack of a Caravaggio painting." The beauty of sound The beauty of sight We adore Thee, O Christ, and bless Thee. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world. Spiritual beauty CCC 1466: The confessor is not the master of God's forgiveness, but … [Read more...]

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Fine Art Friday, Baby Jesus Edition…

December 21, 2012 By The Crescat 1 Comment

Angnolo Bronzino, c. 1539 … [Read more...]

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Fine Art Friday For A Holy Day…

December 7, 2012 By The Crescat 6 Comments

Giorgio Vasari, Allegory of the Immaculate Conception c. 1541 - Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

... Tomorrow is a Holy Day of Obligation so I don't think you can "kill two birds" by going to a typical Saturday vigil mass. That mass is the vigil for Sunday. So suck it up. You'll have to go to mass two days in a row. Gasp! Unless some diocese out there has decreed otherwise, and you never can tell now-a-days. I think us Catholics have been made lazy by the various mass time options provided every weekend. Not that I'm complaining. Some days you just need a few extra hours sleep. But yeah, … [Read more...]

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Fine Art Friday…

November 30, 2012 By The Crescat 2 Comments

... It's back. Featuring Russian artist Eugeni Balakshin. Click here for more. … [Read more...]

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Fret Not…

November 9, 2012 By The Crescat 2 Comments

Vasilij Ivanovic Surikov , Young Woman at Prayer c. 1879

... Calm yourselves. Take a deep breath. Have a stiff drink. Say a quiet prayer. And rest your eyes on a little Fine Art Friday. The Anchoress reminds us; “You say the times are evil, then improve yourselves and the times will be better: you are the times.” St Augustine Bookmark It: The Wine Dark Sea takes you on a series examining The Creed for the Year of Faith. Rest your ears... … [Read more...]

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Fine Art Friday…

October 12, 2012 By The Crescat 3 Comments

Francisco de Goya, Portrait of Doña Isabel de Porcel c. 1805 … [Read more...]

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Fine Art Friday, the AT-AT edition…

July 13, 2012 By The Crescat 5 Comments

Thanks, Fr. E. … [Read more...]

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Fine Art Friday…

June 29, 2012 By The Crescat 1 Comment

William Merritt Chase, At the Seaside ca. 1892

... themed for the 4th of July weekend; which many, myself included, plan to spend near a large body of water. … [Read more...]

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Hans Olaf Heyerdahl …

January 27, 2012 By The Crescat 1 Comment

... At the Window c. 1881 … [Read more...]

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Fine Art Friday…

January 13, 2012 By The Crescat 4 Comments

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I just had an Epiphany! Oh, wait. Never mind then…

January 6, 2012 By The Crescat 10 Comments

Adoration of the Magi by Fray Nicols Borrs, c. 1570 ... As someone noted about the arbitrary nature and silliness of moving around feast days for the convenience of the laity, why doesn't the USCCB just go ahead and move Christmas and Ash Wednesday to Sunday and be done with it? This past Christmas made martyrs out of Africans traveling to midnight mass, most traveling many miles on foot at the peril of their own lives, and certain Bishops here want to move things around so Americans won't … [Read more...]

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