Sacred Spaces & Other Places

by Catesby Leigh

A Sense pf the Sacred: Theological Foundations of Christian Architecture and Artby R. Kevin SeasoltzContinuum, 394 pages, $29.95Heavenly City: The Architectural Tradition of Catholic Chicagoby Denis R. McNamaraLiturgy Training, 160 pages, $59.95It’s no secret that the state of contemporary . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2006

A Dutch Master and the Good Life

by Philip Bess

What follows is prompted not by a cigar, but rather a painting by the Dutch (strictly speaking, Flemish) master Jan Van Eyck. “The Mystic Adoration of the Lamb” is the central painting of twenty panels of various sizes completed in 1432 that together constitute the Ghent Altarpiece. Since the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 1995