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Maurice Denis

New Directions in Christian Art
 
an address to the Revue des Jeunes,
February, 1919 

The Basilique de Notre-Dame de Brebières, Albert, Somme, France during the First World War - featuring on top of the tower the statue of the Golden Virgin (see the very end of the article)


Causes for hope

Influence of the devil
The Church as a theatre

'Honeyed, languorous things'

Seeds of renewal
Symbolism
Towards the Atelier d'art sacré

The full text can be downloaded in Word format here