The traditional art and liturgy of the Church is often criticized for chasing after mere aesthetics, that the essence of the faith is not...

Why fine art, 'art for art's sake', is unchristian, materialistically utilitarian, Romantic, and Kantian and therefore should not be pursued.

Often when working on small projects within a church, a single donor is putting forward nearly the entire sum of money for its...

Concerning sacred images, the General Instruction of The Roman Missal (GIRM) makes a small but important note that is often a stumbling...

When designing and redecorating churches, special care must be made to govern the eyes of the people, directing the the viewer in helpful...

Consider how the Medievals recorded their artistic depictions of the apostles: "St. Bartholomew is represented with black and grizzled...

Young students are taught a primative system of categorizing colors, that of warm and cool colors, yellow, orange, and red being warm,...

Not all kinds of decorations are fitting for divine use in church sanctuaries and buildings and no small amount of writing have been made...

Often the public does not have a good measure of what constitutes quality statuary. As the condition of local parish buildings slowly...

The statuary furnishings of a church are usually extremely low maintenance: the occasional feather dusting being all that it takes. ...

It has been believed by color theorists and philosophers of aesthetics since at least the 1800's that a proper harmony of colors lies in...