Seven77 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 The logo's...nice. lol. But the building is beautiful like Christ the Rock. Something made "in the image of man" is something that reflects the beauty of humanity and reveals man to himself.... How do you figure? Because, this is not made in the image of a man, and it is unquestionably beautiful. As is this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfink Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 The logo's...nice. lol. But the building is beautiful like Christ the Rock. Something made "in the image of man" is something that reflects the beauty of humanity and reveals man to himself.... In which case, all things man-made are beautiful to some basic extent, for even implements of war reveal man to himself. It may just be a portion of himself he does not always wish to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfink Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 And that is a bummer! I thought for sure that image of the car would work... I guess not! :P Here is another, since you missed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 False: Any man who doesn't find Lucy Liu staggeringly beautiful is gay. (There were better pictures, but Phatmass guidelines state that she has to be clothed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seven77 Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 (edited) Any man who doesn't find Lucy Liu staggeringly beautiful is gay. Agreed. And Salma Hayek. And her... (Kerry Washington) http://www.flickr.com/photos/hc916/3922155896/sizes/m/in/photolist-6YA5iw-6YAeGo-6YAfvE-6YPBwJ-6Znm56-78hJbz-7ahWZR-7ahYbg-7amKFf-7bwHGk-7bAv3W-7bAv7J-9d8ZSU-dLXvPW-8BYCVv-8BYCRD-8BYD1p-8R35AW-e1BraH-9d8AgF-9d8AaV-bJP8YD-8C2HVb-dJifvy-dy8S3Y-cdmyrm-8qgcaX-7yBfLB-f6HVdg-dWeFMi-7yF67d-dY2BD5-dqyZ4p-9DzDTX-8FdW6J-9GjUKS-8FaMwp-8FaLLc-8FaNcx-7WE5Z7-7WE5QE-7WARBr-7WE5Fj-eQnCjk-9G55jK-9G81b7-9G81wS-9G54Qr-9G57dP-9G7ZPN-9G7Zoh/ I think it is safe to say that the debate is over. Edited July 13, 2013 by Seven77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seven77 Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 In which case, all things man-made are beautiful to some basic extent, for even implements of war reveal man to himself. It may just be a portion of himself he does not always wish to see. hmm...I think I meant "reveals man's dignity to himself"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seven77 Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Fyi, the picture I posted is totally family-friendly… it just wouldn't show up. Just thought I should mention this… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestertonian Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Any man who doesn't find Lucy Liu staggeringly beautiful is gay. (There were better pictures, but Phatmass guidelines state that she has to be clothed) checkmate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tab'le De'Bah-Rye Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 (edited) Aha and yes what is beauty to women, a nice garden perhaps and decor inside the house. And a husband that helps with the housework perhaps. And a manicured rose more often than valentines day,with a card saying i love you. I don't know any women, so my idea is probably the medias popular idea that i learnt from previous movie and t.v. indulgences. Chickas feel free to post what is it that you think represents beauty. GodblesS. Jesus iz LORD. Edited July 13, 2013 by Tab'le Du'Bah-Rye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted July 13, 2013 Author Share Posted July 13, 2013 Era, I would say that the Incarnation is the standard of objective beauty. And the Incarnation is a masterpiece of the Holy Spirit. Beauty can be found anywhere and everywhere the Holy Spirit hovers. Was thinking about this this morning. I would say that the Life of Christ, certainly, and even more specifically, the person of Christ, is the most beautiful thing to appear or be conceived of in human history (and I don't think anything could ever surpass it). But I would keep the focus on the person of Christ, rather the "Incarnation," because I think that idea of Incarnation, as an artistic concept, is too abstract and too tied to Greek artistic values of the human body. That's one of the reasons why I dislike Christian art in Western Europe, its focus on the body and realistic depiction. Pope Francis recently mentioned the painting "The Calling of St. Matthew" in a homily recently, and I think it's a beautiful painting for the story it depicts. That, I think, is when Christian art is most beautiful, in the stories of the life of Christ that it attempts to represent, rather than in the art itself. I don't think the art itself is "objectively beautiful," but I think the life of Christ is supremely beautiful...if that makes sense, and art is only beautiful to the extent that it approaches this supreme beauty which is the life and person of Christ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACS67 Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 (edited) I don't think the art itself is "objectively beautiful," but I think the life of Christ is supremely beautiful...if that makes sense, and art is only beautiful to the extent that it approaches this supreme beauty which is the life and person of Christ. And that, Era, is a "beautiful" statement. :) Edited July 13, 2013 by ACS67 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted July 13, 2013 Author Share Posted July 13, 2013 Happened to read this interview with Evelyn Waugh, this passage struck me sharply, though I'd share: http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4537/the-art-of-fiction-no-30-evelyn-waugh INTERVIEWER It is evident that you reverence the authority of established institutions—the Catholic Church and the army. Would you agree that on one level both Brideshead Revisited and the army trilogy were celebrations of this reverence? WAUGH No, certainly not. I reverence the Catholic Church because it is true, not because it is established or an institution. Men at Arms was a kind of uncelebration, a history of Guy Crouchback's disillusion with the army. Guy has old-fashioned ideas of honor and illusions of chivalry; we see these being used up and destroyed by his encounters with the realities of army life. INTERVIEWER Would you say that there was any direct moral to the army trilogy? WAUGH Yes, I imply that there is a moral purpose, a chance of salvation, in every human life. Do you know the old Protestant hymn which goes: “Once to every man and nation / Comes the moment to decide� Guy is offered this chance by making himself responsible for the upbringing of Trimmer's child, to see that he is not brought up by his dissolute mother. He is essentially an unselfish character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Agreed. And Salma Hayek. And her... (Kerry Washington) http://www.flickr.com/photos/hc916/3922155896/sizes/m/in/photolist-6YA5iw-6YAeGo-6YAfvE-6YPBwJ-6Znm56-78hJbz-7ahWZR-7ahYbg-7amKFf-7bwHGk-7bAv3W-7bAv7J-9d8ZSU-dLXvPW-8BYCVv-8BYCRD-8BYD1p-8R35AW-e1BraH-9d8AgF-9d8AaV-bJP8YD-8C2HVb-dJifvy-dy8S3Y-cdmyrm-8qgcaX-7yBfLB-f6HVdg-dWeFMi-7yF67d-dY2BD5-dqyZ4p-9DzDTX-8FdW6J-9GjUKS-8FaMwp-8FaLLc-8FaNcx-7WE5Z7-7WE5QE-7WARBr-7WE5Fj-eQnCjk-9G55jK-9G81b7-9G81wS-9G54Qr-9G57dP-9G7ZPN-9G7Zoh/ I think it is safe to say that the debate is over. Eh, I was never really into black girls. I want to be, but I just don't find them attractive like I do other girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4588686 Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 I don't find Lucy Liu particularly attractive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatholicsAreKewl Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 (edited) /thread Edited July 13, 2013 by CatholicsAreKewl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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