Charles Scribner III received his PhD from Princeton University, where he taught Baroque Art before pursuing a publishing career at Scribner. He is the author of monographs on Rubens (1989) and Bernini (1991), a book on Rubens's Eucharist Tapestries (1983), two spiritual journals-The Shadow of God (2006) and Home By Another Route (2016)- and numerous articles on art, music, and literature. His webpage is www.charlesscribner.com.
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Dedication Sacred Muse A Note on Notes Selected Readings Index About the Author
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Bringing together personal devotion and professional acumen, this slim book is unique on several levels. A true believer speaks with an objective voice on the importance of Christian visual art and music as they alternate in preeminence from the Early Renaissance to the present day. A practicing art historian, Scribner presents deep analyses of splendid works of art succinctly (with original contributions), while articulating their intensely felt sacred, often liturgical content. His analysis of sacral musical masterpieces, plus his own essential estimations, is a parallel gift. Scribner's muse brings religious faith and aesthetic knowledge into an edifying unison.--Marilyn Aronberg Lavin, art historian Rich with historical information on multiple fronts of inquiry and eye-opening personal insights into some of the most sublime works of art of the Western civilization, the elegantly and engagingly written Sacred Muse is a sheer delight to read and contemplate. Despite its diminutive size, it deserves a place of honor alongside Sir Kenneth Clark's Civilisation.--Franco Mormando, Boston College, author of Bernini: His Life and His Rome