Icons and the Catholic Church 3: Aesthetics meets Ascetics

Icons and Catholics 4: Icons & statues - getting beyond Byzantium.

Highlighting the diverse artistic expressions used in liturgical art, including icons, the discussion delves into the unique characteristics of Orthodox and Catholic liturgical art, noting the former’s decorative and didactic simplicity, while the latter brings an essential, expansive and transformative artistic diversity.

Icons and the Catholic Church 3: Aesthetics meets Ascetics

This exploration delves into the relationship between Catholic art and the sacred. Emphasising the theological significance of aesthetics in liturgical art, it highlights examples from medieval masterpieces which inspire joy and reveal hidden truths beyond the material realm.

Icons and the Catholic Church 2: Liminal Art that Serves the Altar

Explore the true purpose of liturgical art. Discover how art should reveal Christ’s presence, inspire transcendence, and reignite sacred conversations within the Catholic faith.

Catholics, icons and the loss of the numinous

Icons are the art of the altar, there for a very specific purpose. Listen in as Matthew Shepherd and Ian Knowles explore how moving beyond naturalistic depictions can deepen your spiritual connection with the divine.

Catholic confusion

Catholicism 'does' art, but it often seems to find Byantine icons 'alien'. Some short introductory thoughts about why that might be the case.