- *black and white photograph of a Bernini "WHY CAN'T WE CREATE THIS TODAY?" - *shot of the nave of St. Peter’s "RELIGION IS BEAUTY" - *two minute clip of some Mozart "WE TURNED FROM CHRISTIANITY AND WE LOST THIS!" I confess I am desperately tired of these nannyish lamentations. Not, you understand, because I don't like Bernini or St. Peter’s, and certainly not because I stand opposed to Christianity. The reason why I tire of these dull recombinations, the reason I begin to froth at the mouth at the mere mention of a tweet from TRADGODART or WESTERNBEAUTY, is this: these shallow minded men are turning Christian morality into a sort of cargo cult; they seem to think that all great art is somehow downstream from 'family values'; and they train their followers to expect, from a world-denying religion, worldly things; an absurdity that can only lead to bitter disappointment for the suckers taken in by it.
1. You need to address the linguistic etymological connection Christianity has on all of words feelings and emotions with association to these things. I find it near impossible to divorce Christianity from western aesthetics because of this.
2. You also need to address differences in theology and understanding of the bible not everyone agrees the meaning or intent of these things and I find the hippie altruist for the sake of altruism Christians heretical for example.
I don't disagree with many of your points like how many people just look at this at a shallow surface level. I also recognize in Italy especially there would be pre-christian aesthetics weaved in with the Christian ones as well but that's also a product of what some of them claim as a religious culture in general.
V good, punchy and necessary, more of this please
My only issue with this is two things:
1. You need to address the linguistic etymological connection Christianity has on all of words feelings and emotions with association to these things. I find it near impossible to divorce Christianity from western aesthetics because of this.
2. You also need to address differences in theology and understanding of the bible not everyone agrees the meaning or intent of these things and I find the hippie altruist for the sake of altruism Christians heretical for example.
I don't disagree with many of your points like how many people just look at this at a shallow surface level. I also recognize in Italy especially there would be pre-christian aesthetics weaved in with the Christian ones as well but that's also a product of what some of them claim as a religious culture in general.