Philip Kennicott
Senior Art and Architecture Critic at The Washington Post
Senior Art and Architecture Critic, The Washington Post Author of "Counterpoint: A Memoir of Bach and Mourning," published by Norton, February 2020
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4 days ago |
washingtonpost.com | Philip Kennicott
A trove of ancient art, hidden for 70 years, begins an American tour (washingtonpost.com) A trove of ancient art, hidden for 70 years, begins an American tour By Philip Kennicott 2025051010003700 CHICAGO — At some point in the 17th century, the weathered marble body of a goat, carved in the 1st century A.D., acquired a head by the great baroque artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
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fredericknewspost.com | Philip Kennicott
For several years when I was a boy, I was the organist at a small Catholic church where I played two and sometimes three Masses a week. The architecture was modern, post-Vatican II, with the organ set to the side of the altar. From there, you could see both the priest and the parishioners, and thus the fundamental tension in Catholicism between order and imperfection. The basic elements of the ritual were unchanging, but it never came off the same way twice.
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2 weeks ago |
washingtonpost.com | Philip Kennicott
The funeral of Pope Francis captures a fundamental visual and ideological tension within Catholicism.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Philip Kennicott
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysFor several years when I was a boy, I was the organist at a small Catholic church where I played two and sometimes three Masses a week. The architecture was modern, post-Vatican II, with the organ set to the side of the altar.
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2 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Philip Kennicott
2 hours agoApril 26, 2025, 9:29 a.m. ET Reporting from Vatican City In a solemn and majestic funeral on the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Roman Catholic Church on Saturday laid to rest Pope Francis, the first South American pontiff, whose simple style, pastoral vision and outsize footprint on the world …
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"Bernini imposed order on a site cluttered with history and violence, but it was an imperfect order of theatrical contrivance, not the Platonic perfection of ideal forms." https://t.co/RK2Nc3YsJ6
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