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Art and scholasticism
Book • 1932
Jacques Maritain's "Art and Scholasticism" is a seminal work in Catholic aesthetics, exploring the relationship between art, philosophy, and theology.
Maritain synthesizes scholastic thought with modern artistic sensibilities, arguing for the inherent goodness and truth in art.
The book examines the nature of beauty, creativity, and the artist's role in society.
It emphasizes the importance of art as a means of expressing and experiencing the transcendent.
Maritain's work has had a lasting impact on Catholic intellectual life and artistic practice.
Maritain synthesizes scholastic thought with modern artistic sensibilities, arguing for the inherent goodness and truth in art.
The book examines the nature of beauty, creativity, and the artist's role in society.
It emphasizes the importance of art as a means of expressing and experiencing the transcendent.
Maritain's work has had a lasting impact on Catholic intellectual life and artistic practice.
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as the author of "Art and Scholasticism", a book that influenced Flannery O'Connor's aesthetic views.


Raymond Hain

Can Beauty Save the World? | Prof. Raymond Hain
Mentioned as an example of a Thomistic thinker who applied scholastic thought to art.

Pope Leo XIII on the restoration of Christian philosophy