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Home: Core Subjects: Arts and Literature: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Arts and Literature: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes by Mother Goose - Sean FitzpatrickThe first step to giving your children the gift of poetry is to give yourself to Mother Goose — and the gift that Mother Goose gives is Beauty. Read more... Oceans (2009) - Steven GreydanusNature doc lovers will meet plenty of old friends in the Disney film Oceans: a mother humpback whale lifting her calf to the surface for a breath of air; newly emerged turtle hatchlings herky-jerking over the expanse of sand toward the sea while swooping frigatebirds pick them off at their leisure; orcas surging alarmingly out of the surf to snatch fur seals from the shallows. Read more... Passion Guide, Week 1: Mary - National Catholic RegisterIn this issue of the National Catholic Register's guide to The Passion of the Christ, the central role of Mary is explained. Read more... The Da Vinci Code, Conspiracy Theory and Biblical Canon - Stanley E. PorterIn this lecture, I will do essentially two things. The first is that I will say a few things about Brown’s novel. Then I will spend the majority of my time examining fundamental issues that he and others raise regarding the origins of Christianity. Read more... The Rite Roundup - Elizabeth ScaliaIt’s not on my “must see” list, but then again, I am a crank who doesn’t like going to the movies, anyway (although True Grit did lure me), but The Rite opens today and it seems many people are aching to explore a theme of exorcism, so here is a round-up of sorts. Read more... The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson - Sean FitzpatrickThe strangest thing about The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is that it is not strange at all. It is a very common case of "the hard law of life which lies at the root of religion." Read more... The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen: A Tale of Resurrection - Sean FitzpatrickJust as baptism and burial are seldom associated with one another, neither are a duckling and the Resurrection. Read more... To Kill Still Kills - Thomas HibbsBased on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, with an impeccable script from Horton Foote, a mesmerizing musical score, and many fine performances, To Kill a Mockingbird is a great American film, one that never fails to move and uplift even after many viewings. A new DVD version of the film makes it all the more attractive. Read more... True Grit and the Everlasting Arms - Father Robert BarronTrue Grit, the 1969 film starring John Wayne, was the first "grown-up" movie I saw as a kid. (warning: spoiler) Read more... A boring blasphemy - Emily Esfahani Smith"Piss Christ" is back, and is raising the usual excitement among shallow avant-garde minds. Read more... A Century of 'Thursday's' - Allen BarraFor a writer whose first two books were published 100 years ago, G.K. Chesterton is looking pretty contemporary. Read more... A Convergence of Faith and Reason - Jack FlamTo have been able to convey such a dynamic amalgam of reason, compassion, mysticism and grace in the static medium of paint on plaster is surely the greatest of Masaccio's achievements. Read more... A Decidedly Unsappy Bella - Amanda ShawCompelling and beautiful, this sort of love story is no fairy tale. Read more... A disgusting portrait of an 'artist' - Rex MurphyArtists are almost by definition exceptional communicators. So some of them have been very successful at pitching themselves as shamans and oracles, as splendid almost unearthly beings, radiant with truth and insight. Read more... A Good Writer is Hard to Find - RONALD WEBERThe great American author Flannery O'Connor once remarked, "When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that because I am a Catholic, I cannot afford to be less than an artist." Read more... A Great Moment In the Life of an Artist - Peggy NoonanTalking with James Caviezel after his meeting with the pope. Read more... A Lot of Sound, No Music - Anthony EsolenRecently my family and I watched The Sound of Music for perhaps the twelfth time -- probably the last great musical that Hollywood ever produced. It made me wonder if I could list the reasons why such a movie could not now be made. Read more... A man and his Dictionary - Seth LererA new book traces the origins of English — from the Anglo-Saxons to Eminem. In the excerpt below, author Seth Lerer explains how Samuel Johnson’s watershed 1755 Dictionary changed English forever. Read more... A Melancholy Man of Letters - George Sim JohnstonSamuel Johnson, the 18th-century writer and lexicographer, was not only a great man but the subject of the greatest of all biographies. Read more... A note on humanism - David WarrenOne of the most aggravating abuses of the English language is the use of the word "humanist" to mean "godless." Read more... A Passion of Violence and Love - ZenitOn the set much more happened than what is known; much will remain in the secret of consciences: conversions, apparitions of mysterious personages, extraordinary explosions of energy, enigmatic figures who knelt down as the extraordinary Caviezel-Jesus passed by, even two flashes of lightning, one of which struck the cross, but did not hurt anyone. Read more... A Piece of Chalk - G.K. ChestertonI remember one splendid morning, all blue and silver, in the summer holidays when I reluctantly tore myself away from the task of doing nothing in particular, and put on a hat of some sort and picked up a walking-stick, and put six very bright-coloured chalks in my pocket. Read more... A Piero Without Peer - Karen Wilkin'The Legend of the True Cross' is visible in Arezzo again. Read more... A Religion for Heroes: Gods and Generals - Chuck ColsonIt's easy to take shots at major Hollywood studios. So much of what they produce is trash. But sometimes even major studios come up with something great. Read more... A Return to Grace - Catesby LeighAs a designer, lecturer and founding editor of the journal Sacred Architecture, Duncan Stroik has labored long and hard to reconnect Catholic artistic patronage with its ancient heritage. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Mon May 13 2013 - 20:15:24
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