Reuniting With the Divine: ‘Sacred Love and Profane Love’

Reuniting With the Divine: ‘Sacred Love and Profane Love’
A detail from “Sacred and Profane Love,” 1602, by Giovanni Baglione. Oil on Canvas; 94.5 in by 56.3 inches. National Gallery of Ancient Art, Rome. Public Domain
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As the profane runs rampant, there is little left that is sacred. Sacred love has been turned on its head, and people today often value vice instead of virtue. Love, however, used to be sacred.
The controversial painting “Sacred Love and Profane Love” by Giovanni Baglione might give us insight into the sacrality of love.
Eric Bess
Eric Bess
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Eric Bess, Ph.D., is a fine artist, a writer on art-related topics, and an assistant professor at Fei Tian College in Middletown, New York.
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