Book Reviews

American Sanctuary; Understanding Sacred Spaces

by Louis P. Nelson, reviewed by Duncan Stroik

This series of essays, edited by Louis Nelson, examines how people have interpreted the idea of the sacred in American history.

Paolo Veronese: Piety and Display in an Age of Religious Reform

by Richard Cocke, reviewed by Michael Morris, O.P.

Artists, like pedigree dogs, go in and out of fashion. 

Temples … worthy of His presence

by Christopher Webster, reviewed by Shawn Tribe

It seems only too seldom that people of high ideals make much of an impact on the general populace, let alone realize those ideals. This was not the case with regard to Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin and the Cambridge Camden Society.

Ecclesia: Greek Orthodox Churches of The Chicago Metropolis

by Panos Fiorentinos, reviewed by John Powers

Nature certainly has had its infulence on the art and architecture of Chicago, but in Ecclesia Panos Fiorentinos shows the resilience and dedication of man, despite the hardships and ravages of nature and the Chicago urban landscape, in forming the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago.

Signorelli and Fra Angelico at Orvieto: Liturgy, Poetry, and a Vision of the End-time

by Sara Nair James, reviewed by Michael Morris, O.P.

Few scenes are more compelling in Renaissance art than depictions of the Apocalypse and Last Judgment. But before Michelangelo, two artists embarked upon a program depicting the End of Time for the Cathedral of Orvieto.