The Arts and the Beautiful

Iconic Initiation into the Mystery of the Holy Trinity

Andrei Rublev’s "Trinity icon" is an ideal point of departure for contemplating that which must ever exceed any image or thought

Jun 12 •

Peter Kwasniewski

Easter Music to Sing and Listen To [+Free PDF to Download & Print!]

From Gregorian chant to Baroque beauty

Apr 24 •

Julian Kwasniewski

Three Poems for Good Friday

Oscar Wilde, Hilaire Belloc, and John Fitzpatrick

Apr 18 •

Peter Kwasniewski

Unusual Artistic Depictions of the Agony in the Garden

William Blake, Alessando Magnasco, El Greco, and Eric Gill

Apr 14 •

Peter Kwasniewski

Gregorian Chant: Music of the Holy Spirit (Part 3) + List of Resources

Further examples of the perfection of this ideal liturgical music — and recommended websites for instruction, recordings, and scores

Apr 10 •

Peter Kwasniewski

A Musical Analogy for Antiquity, Development, and Deviation

Can Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" help us better to understand the difference between organic expansion and reformatory rupture?

Feb 20 •

Peter Kwasniewski

Gregorian Chant: Music of the Holy Spirit (Part 2)

How the Church, a master of human psychology, marks times and connects the times through her chants

Feb 6 •

Peter Kwasniewski

Gregorian Chant: Music of the Holy Spirit (Part 1)

Only the eternal and infinite God could have begotten music of such perfection

Jan 30 •

Peter Kwasniewski

Icons as the Fruit and Seed of Incarnation: Windows into the Mystery of Christ and His Mother

Praying with icons sanctifies our gaze and frees us from visual contamination

Dec 30, 2024 •

Peter Kwasniewski

Catholic Ritual’s Appeal to Imagination: Émile Zola’s Low Mass

Today, I’d like to treat my readers and listeners to a delightful passage from a nowadays seldom-read work of French literature (in translation, of…

Dec 26, 2024 •

Peter Kwasniewski

Evermore Give Us This Bread

Five poems by Dr. K, with art and a poem by Julian

Dec 23, 2024 •

Peter Kwasniewski

Pastime with Good Company: Five Ideas for the Holidays

Along with some thoughts on leisure and community

Dec 12, 2024 •

Julian Kwasniewski

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