Providence School of Tifton Portrait of a Graduate
1. Virtuous with mature character
2. Of sound reason and sound faith
3. A master of language
4. Well-rounded, diverse, and competent
5. Literate with a broad exposure to books
6. A defender of the faith as a believer and scholar
7. An established aesthetic
8. Working with excellence to the glory of God
7. An established aesthetic
Further, educated people have good taste, formed as they are exposed to great aesthetic masterpieces, particularly at a young age. We expose our students to the great artists to develop their aesthetic and cultural appreciation.
8. Working with excellence to the glory of God
1 Samuel 16:7
7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.”
ST. FRANCIS’S PRAYER PRAYER OF DESIRE
Therefore, let us desire nothing else, let us want nothing else, let nothing else please us and cause us delight except you our Creator, Redeemer and Savior, the only true God, Who is the fullness of good, all good, every good, the true and supreme good, Who alone is good, merciful, gentle, delightful, and sweet, Who alone is holy, just, true, holy, and upright, Who alone is kind, innocent, clean, from Whom, through Whom and in Whom is all pardon, all grace, all glory of all penitents and just ones, of all the blessed rejoicing together in heaven. Amen.
ART APPRECIATION
Bruegel loved to paint common people doing common things. Look closely at the children in this European town. There are more than 230 children playing about 90 different games.1
Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525-1530 to 1569) was known as the greatest Netherlandish (Flemish) painter of the 16th century. Bruegel painted proverbs, landscapes, views of peasant life, and panoramic biblical scenes. Early in his career he studied art in Italy.2
MUSIC APPRECIATION
“In the Hall of the Mountain King” from Peer Gynt by Edvard Grieg
This is the scene of the opera when Peer Gynt is dreaming that he is standing in front of throne of a troll king. The description of the scene by the author says: There is a great crowd of troll couriers, gnomes and goblins. Dovregubben [The Troll King] sits on his throne, with crown and scepter, surrounded by his children and relatives. Peer Gynt stands before him. there is a tremendous uproar in the hall.3
Edvard Grieg (1810-1849) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use and development of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions put the music of Norway in the international spectrum, as well as helping to develop a national identity, much as Jean Sibelius and Antonín Dvořák did in Finland and Bohemia, respectively.4
- “Tree of Life Window.” The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, 26 Aug. 2022, morsemuseum.org/collection-highlights/windows/window-tree-of-life-2/. ↩︎
- Lange, Krista, and Leigh Lowe. First Grade Enrichment: Classical Core Curriculum. Teacher Guide. Memoria Press, 2017. ↩︎
- Fata, Patrick. Music Appreciation I. Memoria Press, 2017. ↩︎
- “Edvard Grieg.” Edvard Grieg – Steinway & Sons, http://www.steinway.com/artists/edvard-grieg. Accessed 13 Sept. 2024. ↩︎
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