The Radiance of Form
Tuesday, February 23, 2016

The Cube, the Sphere and the Theology of Architecture

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The last two post I talked about the shape of the circle and its relationship to divinity and perfection.  I spoke about how the completene...
Monday, January 25, 2016

Problems with the Church in the Round: #2 "Perfection"

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Last week I wrote about the problems with the "church in the round" , in particular how the location of the celebrant at the cent...
Monday, January 18, 2016

Problems with the Church in the Round: #1 Orientation

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The church in the round. The church in the "round" is a particular form of church architecture that has been all the rage ...
Monday, July 7, 2014

Four Questions: Q1: What is architecture?

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I subscribe to an email list that talks about traditional and classical architecture, often the talk of the philosophy of architecture, and ...
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Friday, February 8, 2013

The Anti-Culture of Modernism

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In my previous few posts last year, I wrote about the relationship of folk art and classical high art to culture.  I wrote that folk art, as...
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Friday, October 26, 2012

Kitsch, the Anti-Cultural Commodity

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The essence of art, its final end, is to explain to man his own nature, what it means to be human.   Any art which does not have this for it...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Further Thoughts on High Culture and Folk Culture and Art

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In my last post I talked a great deal about the art of "high culture" and "folk culture" in regards to their relation to...
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Board member, National Civic Art Society; Architect working in Richmond, VA Graduated Notre Dame School of Architecture, 2008 Graduated Thomas Aquinas College, Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts in the Great Books, 2001.
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