Hello Podcast Family,
You don’t need to be an art connoisseur to know that some of the world’s greatest and most priceless artistic masterpieces were created for the Catholic Church or in homage to the Catholic faith.
Michelangelo. Leonardo da Vinci.
And many whose names you’ll never know. But if you go into an old Catholic cathedral – perhaps in your own town – you might still find a beautiful, realistic mural or sculpture. One that was created by a local artist a long time ago.
But that would have been long before the 1960s, when it seems church art took a decided turn toward what most describe as ugly. That’s what we will be talking about in this Monday’s episode.
We’ll be joined by Eric Armusik. He’s an artist who paints classical figurative art. His work is reminiscent of the old masters. His works are inspired by grand and vivid murals that he first saw in Gothic cathedrals as a child. When Eric paints, he has said he doesn’t just try to capture the people and events in his work, but he tries to tell the story through his work.
In this episode we talk with Eric about his work, his faith that drives his work, and the curious pattern at the Vatican where it seems that for too long beauty has taken a backseat to ugliness in the art that is displayed.
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