Review of Preston Atwood’s Cantate Domino

Atwood, Preston. Cantate Domino: A Liturgical Songbook for Classical Christian Schools. Hymnworks. We live in an age of ugliness. Certainly, much remains beautiful and beauty is still all around us, but the world at large has failed to distinguish between the truly, objectively beautiful and that which the masses deem to be beautiful–which is often ugly. Beauty can be in the eye of the beholder … Continue reading Review of Preston Atwood’s Cantate Domino

Book Review, The Fragrance of God

By Christine Norvell How do you teach beauty? The concept of beauty is not a light thought but a worthy one. As I attended a summer seminar on teaching and writing about beauty, I quickly realized how much is contained in a single word. Many rich books were referenced, and one book in particular captured me by its title alone, The Fragrance of God. As … Continue reading Book Review, The Fragrance of God

Visual Competence: Training Children to See as an Artist in the Grammar Stage (2018 Conference Presentation)

The following is one of the sessions from our 2018 Conference co-hosted by School of the Ozarks and held at the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, MO. The full collection of presentations can be found at https://theclassicalthistle.com/2018-conference/. Visual Competence: Training Children to See as an Artist in the Grammar Stage Nicole Potter By teaching the principles of design through the biblical framework of beauty, students … Continue reading Visual Competence: Training Children to See as an Artist in the Grammar Stage (2018 Conference Presentation)