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Marion Ackermann: „Die Autonomie der Kunst steht in Frage
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Vermeer’s hidden Catholic faith
Way of Beauty
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by Fr. Anthony Giambrone, OP
Dutch genre and landscape painting is a wonderful, placid gift to the world. The humble serenity that perfumes these images of simple people and daily chores, of pleasant homes and peaceful homelands, breathes a humanity rich with the tranquil comfort of the familiar. It is not the wild adventures or exotic sights abroad of the great seafaring nation that charm in these tableaux, but rather the calm return and immersion in habitual quiet.
An appreciation of the unique and magnificent tradition of painting in the Netherlands requires a keen sense for the history of that land, for these secular images served like dikes holding back the raging seas. This is especially true in regards to religious art. Already in the humanistic Renaissance a great workshop of gorgeous, pious painting, perhaps no region of Europe was so savagely caught in the violent riptides of the post-Reformation Wars of Religion. T
Myanmar Christians fear for future
Military coup could result in persecution, campaigners warn PA
A soldier stands on guard outside a temple in Yangon, Myanmar, on Tuesday, the day after the country’s army seized power
A soldier stands on guard outside a temple in Yangon, Myanmar, on Tuesday, the day after the country’s army seized power
CHARITIES working on behalf of the persecuted Church have condemned the recent military coup in Myanmar, and said that it could worsen the situation for the nation’s Christian minority.
The army seized power on Monday, declaring a year-long state of emergency. They detained Aung San Suu Kyi, who led Myanmar’s elected government, and closed down TV channels, the internet, and banks.