Today, Dave Clark (the author of Uncertain Dogma and Hope in Action) lead a discussion at Vox Dei Community with the Student Ministries group on the topic of beauty. We discussed the definition of beauty and how it relates to Christian philosophy. After listening to the first movement of a symphony that was absolutely beautiful, Dave began a line of questioning which went somewhat like this:
“Look at these paintings…”
“They are all beautiful, aren’t they?” We agreed. ”How do you know this?”
I am still struck by this question. What do you think? What commonalities are there between the paintings above which link them all in the area of aesthetics?
