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• The Aesthetic Elevator

  Exploring the visual arts, architecture and community planning in the context of American culture and the Christian faith — towards a well-considered visual environment.

• Recent Posts

  • One week to go, to Nebraska
  • Susie Ibarra, Mako Fujimura collaboration
  • Madeline L’Engle on beauty, mystery
  • Last update on downtown Siloam Springs
  • Show, don’t tell: Round 1

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  • Artists in Christian Testimony
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  • Craig Hawkins
  • Darin White
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  • Jeff Lawson
  • Karen Kang
  • Makoto Fujimura
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  • Paul Nielsen
  • Sandra Bowden
  • Sarah Hempel
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  • Conscious, and occasionally organized, ramblings
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  • Diary of an Arts Pastor
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• Aesthetics

  The branch of philosophy dealing with such notions as the beautiful, the ugly, the sublime, the comic, etc., as applicable to the fine arts, with a view to establishing the meaning and validity of critical judgments concerning works of art, and the principles underlying or justifying such judgments.

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