Maritain maintained that “art, as such, does not consist in imitating but in making, in composing or constructing, in accordance with the laws of the very object to be posited in being.” Art is not a ...

Art What do Jewish, Christian and Muslim artists talk about when they talk about ‘Genesis’? A groundbreaking exhibit tells the story of creation through multiple perspectives, with eye-opening ...

Detail of Michelangelo’s fresco “Ignudi” on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City (c. 1508–12) (image via Wikimedia Commons). This made the Christian church an incredibly queer ...

I was immediately taken by this work because of the scale. In depicting a spiritual figurehead as so small against the imposing natural terrain, Schwontkowski reminds us of our collective humanity.