art
A Contraction of Ideology
February 7, 2013 | Cinema & New Media Arts
Camille Paglia writes about capitalism and art in the Wall Street Journal.
Does art have a future? Performance genres like opera, theater, music and dance are thriving all over the world, but the visual arts …
Photography and Time
February 7, 2013 | Cinema & New Media Arts
Susan Sontag, from On Photography (1973)
It is a nostalgic time right now, and photographs actively promote nostalgia. Photography is an elegiac art, a twilight art. Most subjects photographed are, just by virtue of being …
The Worlds of Wes Anderson
February 1, 2013 | Cinema & New Media Arts
A lovely essay by Michael Chabon on director Wes Anderson.
The world is so big, so complicated, so replete with marvels and surprises that it takes years for most people to begin to notice that it …
In Defense of “Les Misérables”
January 10, 2013 | Cinema & New Media Arts
Brett McCracken discusses Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables over at Mere Orthodoxy.
Some may be (understandably) skeptical of any movie that can bring so many people–even grown men like Gerson–to tears. Surely a movie like that …
A Message in a Bottle
October 21, 2012 | Cinema & New Media Arts
Dan Siedell discusses Christian reflection on art in a post for Cultivare
Whether an artist realizes it or not, every technical decision she makes in her studio proves what kind of artist she is and will …
The Religion of Rembrandt
July 15, 2012 | Cinema & New Media Arts
Over at CIVA, Jack Kinyon writes about Rembrandt’s personal faith.
One of the main themes discussed in Rembrandt’s Faith is Covenant Theology. This theology emphasizes God’s interaction with His chosen people through covenants, culminating with the …
Recent Comments