170—Art Participates in God’s Governance—Bradley Elliott, O.P.
By Thomas V. Mirus ( bio - articles - email ) | Nov 30, 2023 | In The Catholic Culture Podcast
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Fr. Bradley Elliott, a professional drummer turned Dominican friar, joins the podcast to discuss his book, The Shape of the Artistic Mind: A Search for the Metaphysical Link Between Art and Morals in the Thought of Thomas Aquinas. Themes include:
- Man’s capacity to participate in God’s creative activity and governance of the world
- How human artistic activity not only imitates but enhance nature
- The combination of Aristotelian and neo-Platonic streams in St. Thomas’s theory of art
- How Aristotle redeemed the notion of nature from Plato, and Plotinus redeemed the notion of imitation from Plato
- Comparing the virtue of art to the mortal and speculative virtues
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Theme music: “Franciscan Eyes”, written and performed by Thomas Mirus. Download the Catholic Culture Podcast soundtrack.
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