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| R.Papa, San Benedetto, cartone preparatorio, carboncino su cartone, 230x110 cm 2002, coll.priv. |
To reflect on sacred art and to do so in an interdisciplinary way is the goal that gave rise to a seminar in Rome's Urban Academy of Fine Arts.
Rodolfo Papa, director of the course, is an art historian, author, painter and sculptor. He is also, by pontifical appointment, an official at the pontifical academy for fine arts and literature, overseen by the Pontifical Council of Culture, the Pontificia Insigne Academia Bellas Artes y Letras de los Virtuosos del Panteón.
The artist told ZENIT that art, truth and good are linked: "We cannot cease to propose an image: Art can be today, together with beauty, that which again brings truth and goodness within the city of man."
Papa said that the project of beginning the academy began years ago, "with the idea of having a place to welcome a nuclear group of students from distinct disciplines gathered around questions of art, especially sacred art, so that the various areas of expertise would be put in relation with each other in a type of 'common place' where art could be thought about in all its dimensions and depth."
The seminar began in March and will continue through June, and then recommence in October. It "expresses this need to share the knowledge that is fundamental for elaborating artistic thought," Papa said.
Conferences alternate with public sessions. The first, led by Papa, was dedicated to the role of sacred art, and proposed a reflection about the concept of beauty.
The ideal, the director confirmed, is to mix together reflection from theologians, philosophers and artists: "In fact, if there is not a shared communion of values, if there is not community, there is no possibility of producing art."
"Obviously art, by its nature, needs the artist, but it also needs people who request it and consumers, that is, people who love it and enjoy it, who know how to desire it, understand it and value it," Papa contended.
One of the objectives of the seminar is to reflect on the magisterium and art, seeking how "to establish again an artistic language newly universal, capable of really speaking to all of the human being […] with the will to re-motivate Christian humanism according to the indications of the Holy Father and the magisterium."
Rodolfo Papa, director of the course, is an art historian, author, painter and sculptor. He is also, by pontifical appointment, an official at the pontifical academy for fine arts and literature, overseen by the Pontifical Council of Culture, the Pontificia Insigne Academia Bellas Artes y Letras de los Virtuosos del Panteón.
The artist told ZENIT that art, truth and good are linked: "We cannot cease to propose an image: Art can be today, together with beauty, that which again brings truth and goodness within the city of man."
Papa said that the project of beginning the academy began years ago, "with the idea of having a place to welcome a nuclear group of students from distinct disciplines gathered around questions of art, especially sacred art, so that the various areas of expertise would be put in relation with each other in a type of 'common place' where art could be thought about in all its dimensions and depth."
The seminar began in March and will continue through June, and then recommence in October. It "expresses this need to share the knowledge that is fundamental for elaborating artistic thought," Papa said.
Conferences alternate with public sessions. The first, led by Papa, was dedicated to the role of sacred art, and proposed a reflection about the concept of beauty.
The ideal, the director confirmed, is to mix together reflection from theologians, philosophers and artists: "In fact, if there is not a shared communion of values, if there is not community, there is no possibility of producing art."
"Obviously art, by its nature, needs the artist, but it also needs people who request it and consumers, that is, people who love it and enjoy it, who know how to desire it, understand it and value it," Papa contended.
One of the objectives of the seminar is to reflect on the magisterium and art, seeking how "to establish again an artistic language newly universal, capable of really speaking to all of the human being […] with the will to re-motivate Christian humanism according to the indications of the Holy Father and the magisterium."
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