{"id":2366,"date":"2015-06-28T05:00:40","date_gmt":"2015-06-28T04:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opdacia.org\/?p=2366"},"modified":"2015-06-20T15:04:59","modified_gmt":"2015-06-20T14:04:59","slug":"unity-is-the-form-of-all-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opdacia.org\/?p=2366","title":{"rendered":"Unity is the form of all beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fra Angelico, The Annunciation, c. 1438-47, fresco, (Convent of San Marco, Florence)<\/p><\/div>\n

Fra Angelico (c. 1395 \u2013 1455) is perhaps the first name that comes to mind when thinking\u00a0of Dominican art. Art has been important in\u00a0the work of the Order right up to the present day. This\u00a0is a dynamic way\u00a0of preaching the Gospel, and the\u00a0Jubilee is\u00a0a good opportunity to present the Order’s\u00a0artistic heritage\u00a0as well as works by contemporary Dominican artists. Visitors to Rome in the\u00a0winter of 2016\/17 should look out for ‘Dominicans in Dialogue with Art<\/a>‘ –\u00a0an exhibition in the\u00a0Basilica and Cloister of Santa Sabina \u00a0in Rome from\u00a022 November 2016 to 23 January 2017.<\/p>\n

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Sr. Dana Benedicta, Presence, wood carving, detail<\/p><\/div>\n

One of the contributors to the exhibition in Rome\u00a0is sr. Dana Benedicta OP, Katarinahjemmet, Oslo. She has been asked to\u00a0portray Master Eckhart for this project.\u00a0Sr Dana Benedicta describes art as a prayer, a dialogue: ‘Jeg betrakter kunsten som en b\u00f8nn, en dialog: aktivt – n\u00e5r jeg leter etter form, og passivt – n\u00e5r jeg mottar. Objekter som fremg\u00e5r av denne prosessen, er det synlige tegn p\u00e5 den.‘\u00a0<\/em>Her\u00a0work includes drawing, painting, sculpture and photo. You can find many examples of her work on her blogg, Art Studio with a View<\/a>\u00a0. She also offers online art lessons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sr. Dana Benedicta quotes St Augustine of Hippo’s remark that ‘Unity is the form of all beauty’. Dr Brendan Sammon points out\u00a0in his book The God Who Is Beauty\u00a0<\/em>that these words express\u00a0‘the way in which beauty maintains a close association with the divine’.<\/p>\n

Another well-known contemporary Dominican artist is fr. Kim en Joong OP. An exhibition of his work\u00a0entitled ‘Kim En Joong selon les \u00e9critures’ (Kim en Joong according to scripture) will be held in Aix en Provence (the Jesuit Chapel) from 28 June to 31 July 2015. More details of the exhibition and more information about the artist and his work can be found on\u00a0Kim en Joong’s website<\/a> (French only).<\/p>\n

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Kim en Joong OP<\/p><\/div>\n

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