Blog - Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira
The Christian soul is not only expressed by religious images and symbols in churches, but is also found in ambiences where one may imbibe the Christian spirit.
Much higher than physical beauty is the supernatural beauty that shines in the countenance in one who has spent his or her life practicing virtue.
Legitimate authorities must use symbols and uniforms that reflect the beauty and legitimacy of its authority. Egalitarian dress undermines this authority.
Christian femininity is graceful, elegant, virtuous, strong, and kind. Communism produces a feminine type that is gross, masculine, brutal, and indecent.
Unlike modern clothing, traditional European dress is noble, refined, and beautiful.
The neo-barbarians produced by Communism, Marxism, and socialism, having rejected Christianity are worse than pagan savages who never knew civilization.
Affairs of state should take place in ambiences of good taste, distinction, brilliance, and majesty, and not in surroundings that are ugly, sinister, and materialistic.
Queen Elizabeth represents refinement, grace, noble superiority, charm, and affability, Eva Peron a modern feminine "style" that clashes with the former.
Architecture reflects the values of an epoch. The neo-pagan style of United Nations building in New York City is monotonous, uniform, and harsh, like a prison.
Modern art always portrays man in a way that is deformed, disfigured, and degrading. This represents a love for the hideous and a hatred for the works of God.