The Blessed Damozel - John Byam Liston Shaw - Beautiful Catholic Art Catholic thinker Pietro Perugino

Pietro Perugino

"Spirit of Peace

whose persuasive words and clarity of thought moved thousands to join the cause of Christ

Joan of Arc"

It translates to "To the greater glory of God

The Blessed Damozel - John Byam Liston Shaw - Beautiful Catholic Art Catholic thinker Pietro PeruginoThere's something about John Byam Liston Shaw and the other Pre Raphaelites that we find irresistible, especially when they're painting Catholic subjects. Beautiful, idyllic, and somewhat unreal, often romantically unburdened of the shadows of life. Shaw shows this part of Heaven as a place where beautiful young women play music to the beautiful Mother Mary. Well, eye has not seen, nor has ear heard, and so what then, since the mind of man cannot