Catholic Answers Live - Sacred Art

Why was art so powerful and beautiful in the Renaissance? What is the state of art today?

Questions Covered:

• 18:33 - I’d love to furnish my home with beautiful Catholic art. Where can I start? 
• 21:20 - Talking to kids about art and exploring art has led me to God’s truth and beauty. 
• 30:42 - Is art only appropriate if it is traditional? 
• 37:27 - How is iconography different from other religious art or other art types in general? 
• 48:52 - I have been to Rome several times and met Liz. When you walk through Rome, you see a lot of exterior art on all of the buildings and I wonder, how did they get there and why? Were artists paid to do the exterior art or were they trying to promote themselves? 
• 52:42 - Can you address the state of the patrons of the arts of the Vatican museums? Will the museums reopen?