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Thursday, 14 January 2010

Religious Art for the NonBeliever

Posted on 09:00 by john mical
Joe Carter's post in First Things on "Religious Art for the Non-Believer" alerted me to Aaron Rosen's piece in The Humanist. Rosen is an author and art critique with a special interest in jewish art. I beleive he is also a secularist but that's just a guess based on this post.
He begins his piece with:
Next time you’re taking a Sunday stroll into the Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery, be sure to cast your eye upward. As you ascend the grand staircase to the main floor, you’ll find your gaze drawn into the heavens, where it’s returned by no less a security guard than the enthroned Christ, encircled by his ministering angels. (Read All)
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