Visible and audible beauty is not a gratuitous irradiation of a prior and more central value, but rather adheres directly to the material objects because of their form and color.
Miriam sings with joy and delight, and we are caught up in this painting. Her song has been sung at the Easter Vigil through the centuries and throughout the world.
In many paintings on Ugly Renaissance Babies, Jesus looks like a miniature adult, complete with an adult’s head and six-pack abs, no doubt acquired during his many hours of baby Pilates.
