A Symposium in Honor of the 15th Centenary of St. Benedict'sBirth 480-1980

FAIN: RX-*1359-79

St. Anselm's Abbey (Washington, DC 20017)
Verdon Gregory (Project Director: May 1979 to October 1990)

Examination of the relationship between organized religious life and the art forms it has fostered, especially monasticism and the arts.

To support a symposium which will involve discussion of the relationship between organized religious life and the art forms this has fostered, and to examine how cult usage and changing trends in spirituality have influenced the form and content of Christian art.