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| Keywords: Ecclesiastical Architecture by J. J. McCarthy in Duffy's Irish Catholic Magazine March 1847.png First column of the article Ecclesiastical Architecture by J J McCarthy not attributed published in the magazine Duffy's Irish Catholic Magazine March 1847 p 41 “44 Scanned from an already photocopied copy of Anne MacCarthy A Catholic Literature for Ireland James Duffy and Duffy's Irish Catholic Magazine In Suárez Castiñeira New Perspectives on James Joyce Ignatius Loyola make haste to help me Bilbao Universidad de Deusto 2009 ISBN 9788498302509 p 65 “78 This article published the depicted excerpt of the article by J J McCarthy on p 72 The original text appeared in Duffy's Irish Catholic Magazine March 1847 p 41 1847-03 J J McCarthy 1817 “1882 Transcription Ecclesiastical Architecture Part I Amongst the various gratifying signs of our age as indicative of a return to the Faith and practices of ancient times the present movement on the Continent and in England in favour of the revival of the Ecclesiastical Architecture of the middle ages ist most conspicuous In the mind of the mere antiquary or virtuoso who is accustomed to examine works of art by ideas of abstract beauty and to whom the portico of Erectheium is as interesting as the west front of Well's Cathedral or the Dome of Cologne this aspect of affairs can produce feelings little comparable to those by which the Catholic churchman is affected The latter looks upon mediæval art as the offspring and production of the Christian church inseparably connected so far as the genuine existence of the arts themselves is concerned with the rites and institutions of religion and illustrative of while it is glorieid by their influence; and he consequently hails all just appreciation of the beautifies of Christian art in its true light as an indication of a return to the principles by which they were produced The former endeavours to analyze it by some indefinite and unsatisfactory notions of abstract beauty to the utter exclusion of the divine idea whence it emanated For a century or more the influence of this artistic dilettantism had prevailed with results by no means commensurate with the labours and energy expended on the pursuit And so it would been till our own time had not a PD-old-100 Ecclesiastical Architecture by J J McCarthy Duffy's Irish Catholic Magazine 1847 magazines | ||||
