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Unlike the modern spirit as expressed by Elvis Presley, youth was not made for pleasure, but for heroism.
The same century that saw the building of the Castle of Chenonceau for the Kings of France also saw immense wealth and comfort for the rural, common people.
Traditional religious art can be of much help demonstrating how Our Lord Jesus Christ should be both loved and feared.
Abbot Chautard and Bishop Vital were masterpieces of balance between strength and refinement, and how Faith can vivify man with invincible energies.
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.