Help Build the Religious Art Post
Posted On: Apr 22, 2014 19:35:03 GMT -6
Post by Admin on Apr 22, 2014 19:35:03 GMT -6
Community-built religious art post.
Post religious art here.
Cathedrals, images of saints, paintings, etchings, etc.
Please share them and help build up this post of religious art!
Link back to all image sources. That is, the web pages you find the images on.
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google images is not a source
The above sites usually list the image's actual source.
flickr, facebook, tumblr, actual web sites, various blogs, etc., are sources. (And if they aren't the origin source, they usually list the image's original source.)
Thank you for contributing art that can be for others “a moment of grace, an encouragement to strengthen our relationship and our dialogue with the Lord” (Pope Benedict XVI).
Post religious art here.
Cathedrals, images of saints, paintings, etchings, etc.
Please share them and help build up this post of religious art!
Papa Benny on art, By David Kerr source and the rest of the article, as well as a YouTube news video
“Art is capable of making visible our need to go beyond what we see and it reveals our thirst for infinite beauty, for God,” the Pope said to over 5,000 pilgrims at his summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, 15 miles to the south of Rome.
“Dear friends, I invite you to be open to beauty and to allow it to move you to prayer and praise of the Lord.”
The Pope explained how this “path of beauty” can be “an open door on the infinite” and is something experienced by all people, not merely by those who regard themselves as cultured.
He observed that when people stand before a sculpture or painting, read a few verses poetry or even listen to a song, everyone has “experienced deep within us an intimate emotion, a sense of joy.” This sensation, he said, is an interior recognition that says that was is being seen or heard is “not only mere matter” but “something bigger, something that speaks, capable of touching the heart, of communicating a message; of elevating the soul,” and leading people, ultimately, to God.
Pope Benedict also noted that there are “artistic expressions that are true paths to God, the supreme Beauty,” and that these works can “help nurture our relationship with Him in prayer. These are works that are born of faith and express faith.”
The Pope then illustrated his point using his own personal experience. He recalled attending a performance of the works of J.S. Bach, conducted by Leonard Bernstein, in Munich.
“After the last piece of music, one of the Cantate, I felt, not by reasoning, but in my heart, that what I heard had conveyed to me truth, something of the truth of the great composer’s faith and this pressed me to praise and thank the Lord.”
“Art is capable of making visible our need to go beyond what we see and it reveals our thirst for infinite beauty, for God,” the Pope said to over 5,000 pilgrims at his summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, 15 miles to the south of Rome.
“Dear friends, I invite you to be open to beauty and to allow it to move you to prayer and praise of the Lord.”
The Pope explained how this “path of beauty” can be “an open door on the infinite” and is something experienced by all people, not merely by those who regard themselves as cultured.
He observed that when people stand before a sculpture or painting, read a few verses poetry or even listen to a song, everyone has “experienced deep within us an intimate emotion, a sense of joy.” This sensation, he said, is an interior recognition that says that was is being seen or heard is “not only mere matter” but “something bigger, something that speaks, capable of touching the heart, of communicating a message; of elevating the soul,” and leading people, ultimately, to God.
Pope Benedict also noted that there are “artistic expressions that are true paths to God, the supreme Beauty,” and that these works can “help nurture our relationship with Him in prayer. These are works that are born of faith and express faith.”
The Pope then illustrated his point using his own personal experience. He recalled attending a performance of the works of J.S. Bach, conducted by Leonard Bernstein, in Munich.
“After the last piece of music, one of the Cantate, I felt, not by reasoning, but in my heart, that what I heard had conveyed to me truth, something of the truth of the great composer’s faith and this pressed me to praise and thank the Lord.”
Link back to all image sources. That is, the web pages you find the images on.
weheartit.com is not a source
pintrest.com is not a source
google images is not a source
The above sites usually list the image's actual source.
flickr, facebook, tumblr, actual web sites, various blogs, etc., are sources. (And if they aren't the origin source, they usually list the image's original source.)
Thank you for contributing art that can be for others “a moment of grace, an encouragement to strengthen our relationship and our dialogue with the Lord” (Pope Benedict XVI).
