Dietrich von Hildebrand on Beauty

Dietrich von Hildebrand on Beauty

Adolf von Hildebrand, Hunt of the Amazons, 1887/88, Neue Pinakothek, Munich. The writings of Catholic philosopher and refugee from Nazi Germany Dietrich von Hildebrand have long been a touchstone for sacred artist Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs. Last spring she and her...
Darkness & Light: On the Importance of Drawing

Darkness & Light: On the Importance of Drawing

He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, and not into light. —Lamentations 3:2, chanted in the Office of Tenebrae for Good Friday Catholic philosopher Josef Pieper, in an essay first published in 1952, writes that “man’s ability to see is in decline” because of...