Blog - Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira
Two buildings, in America and Brazil, demonstrate how the Christian spirit in European civilization was able to elevate two very different regional cultures.
Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val was a noble, majestic, pensive, grave, gentle, yet humble soul who was imbued with the supernatural dignity worthy of his office.
The Coliseum in Rome expresses the nobility, dignity, and power of the Roman Empire and the memory of the martyrs. A modern arena: neo-pagan materialism.
In art, devils are usually represented as cunning, astute, shrewd, intelligent, and agile while the good angels are portrayed as weak, effeminate, and soft.
Modern art can be defined as "materialistic thought transposed into art." It finds pleasure solely in horizons without beauty, nobility, and life.
Doctrinal systems such as Communism, Marxism, fascism, Nazism, and Liberalism produce corresponding styles of art that are consistent with their worldview.
For both great and small, there is a just and honorable place in Christian civilization. This can be seen in traditional dress and uniforms.
The idolatry of the machine, which modern man places above all other fields of human endeavor and knowledge, has led to the mechanization of everything, even God.
Unlike neo-pagan modernism, the Catholic spirit is truly universal.
The Hall of Mirrors in Versailles is a marvel of beauty, proportion, and harmony, yet it also reflects a Naturalism and flight from the cross of Christ.