![]() ![]() ![]() Some have a very public relationship to God.” Some have a very private relationship to God. Some go to church, some don’t go to church. Even how the more than 1 billion Catholics practice Catholicism is very subjective. But particularly in the Catholic faith, even Benedict XVI wrote about beauty being the first sort of access to God in religion, not in the Catholic religion, the aesthetic in beauty, rather than truth, rather than doctrine is what gives you your sort of first vision of God generally…Yes, of course religion is very subjective and how one practices religion is very subjective. Part of it is the idea of aesthetics, which every religion has. That’s a different showing, a completely different showing. Nevertheless, “a lot of critics will talk about the political implications of the Catholic Church, which are very real, not just antigay marriage, antiabortion, there are so many aspects. (Jamie McCarthy / Getty Images)Įons before those designers started their businesses, many major art museums started their collections with religious paintings, Bolton said. ![]() A gold metallic Rodarte dress inspired by the Bernini sculpture “Ecstasy of Saint Teresa,” a Cristóbal Balenciaga evening dress with a Madonna veil and Roberto Cappucci’s “Agel D’Oro” dress are housed in the Robert Lehman gallery.Īlessandro Michele, from left, Lana Del Rey and Jared Leto iall in n Gucci on the arrivals red carpet at the 2018 Met Gala on on May 7, 2018, in New York City. Many were raised Catholic but are no longer practicing, according to Bolton, who only mentioned his Catholic upbringing and “still a believer” status in passing. Vandervorst and Rodarte are among the designers featured in the show. Rick Owens, Ann Demeulemeester, Lanvin, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Viktor and Rolf, Thom Browne, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli of Valentino, Riccardo Tisci, Madame Grès, Thierry Mugler, Roberto Capucci, Valentina, Dolce & Gabbana, A.F. I find that really fascinating - how faith has created such extraordinary works of art, whatever it is.” To reflect on their own faith and whether that has impacted their own creative development and whether that generates or fuels one’s creative development. That is what I would love people to come away with. I think that one’s faith, no matter what faith you adhere to, generates an extraordinary creativity. Gesturing toward a chasuble of Pius IX, which took 15 women 16 years to embroider, Bolton said, “It’s better than anything you see in the Lesage atelier in Paris. But it is meant to show an aspect of the Catholic faith which is all about extraordinary beauty.” It is not meant to resolve thousands of years of Catholicism. It is meant to stimulate debate,” Bolton said during a preview Saturday. “The heart of Catholicism is a storytelling tradition, so I wanted the show to unravel a series of stories and conversations, which to me is part of the Catholic imagination. But starting out last May with a storyboard, there was such a huge imbalance of designers who swung toward Catholic and Christian iconography that the other four religions looked “very tokenistic” and he worried that the imbalance would be misinterpreted. Why Catholics? First mulling over a religious-themed exhibition four years ago, The Costume Institute’s curator in charge Andrew Bolton planned to zero in on five religions: Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Catholicism. While there are plenty of opinions about Catholicism - past, present and future - the Met’s “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” is meant to be a museum journey examining how the Catholic Church has inspired legions of designers. ![]()
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