An Attempt to Find a Dialogue Between Contemporary Art and the Church in the First Aesthetic Reflections of G. M. Montini

Abstract

The turn of the 19th and 20th centuries brought the beginning of a split between theology and art. In their search, artists reach for new sources of inspiration, which are science and inventions showing human strength and the drive to get the binding of a shrinking world. That split negatively affected the sacred art that lost the spirit of novelty. Closed to new trends, it has become a mechanical repetition of the existing currents of art history. Futurist manifestations have intensified the dislike and misunderstanding of the world of theology against the artist who confesses the spirituality of the momentum. In the crack created as a result of movements and artistic theories, the young priest G. B. Montini looks for bridges that will enable the dialogue and, moreover, will give direction to the renewed sacred art. The art that reconciles the genius of the artist with the genius of the Creator.