soundings in sacral aesthetics Nichols, Aidan. creator text bibliography Electronic books. enk Aldershot, Hants Burlington, VT Ashgate ©2007 2007 monographic eng 1 online resource (vi, 153 pages). Redeeming Beauty explores the richness of orthodox Christian tradition, both Western and Eastern, in matters of 'sacral aesthetics' - a term used to denote the foundations, production and experience of religiously relevant beauty. Aidan Nichols investigates five principal themes: the foundation of beauty in the natural order through divine creative action; explicitly 'evangelical' beauty as a quality of biblical revelation and notably at its climax in Christ; the legitimacy of making and venerating artworks; qualities of the self in relation to objective presentation of the religiously beautif. Aesthetics in Augustine and Aquinas -- The origin and crisis of Christian art -- Hans Urs von Balthasar on art as redemptive beauty -- Sergei Bulgakov on the art of the icon -- Benedict XVI on holy images -- The French Dominicans and the journal L'art sacré -- The English uses of Maritain's aesthetics : Eric Gill and David Jones. Aidan Nichols. Includes bibliographical references and index. Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Aesthetics Religious aspects Christianity Aesthetics RELIGION Christianity General RELIGION Christian Theology Systematic Aesthetics Religious aspects Christianity Esthetica Religieuze aspecten BR115.A8 N53 2007eb 230 11.69 Nichols, Aidan. Aldershot, Hants ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007 (DLC) 2006018459 9780754684473 0754684474 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=270428 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=270428 Use copy MiAaHDL CaPaEBR 060602 20200709055211.0 ocn427508898 eng