A growing collection of full-length essays by David Clayton, to complement his Way of Beauty blog

Art

  1. The Way of Beauty
  2. The 7th Ecumenical Council and St. Theodore the Studite on Holy Icons
  3. Make the form conform – How the form of art reflects truth
  4. How the form of the iconographic tradition relates to the Catholic worldview
  5. The Principles of a Traditional Art Education for Today
  6. ☞Aristotle, St. Thomas and St. Francis: How the gothic style developed

Using the Way of Beauty in Business and Education

  1. Art, grace, education, and the beautiful business
  2. Sustainable growth

Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

  1. Achieving the Pauline Ideal—Praying Continuously, Body and Soul
  2. Discerning Vocation
  3. Creating an Icon Corner
  4. Liturgical science?

Liturgy, Number and Proportion

  1. Sacred Number in the Christian Tradition
  2. Harmonious Proportion and Ratio
  3. The Cosmic Liturgy and the Mind of the Creator
  4. Golden or Fallen?