Article June 27, 1959 Issue

"THE TRUEST ART OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE"

ANN CLARK OOSTING

Few statements could be more challenging to the artist than this one by Mary Baker Eddy in "Miscellaneous Writings" (p.375): "The truest art of Christian Science is to be a Christian Scientist; and it demands more than a Raphael to delineate this art."

Students of art, seeking to increase their understanding and expression, have looked long and searchingly at Raphael's compositions. Whether the student is an exponent of the traditional school or the modern school of art, a thorough study of the old masters is considered not only important but fundamental.

This Italian Renaissance painter more than fulfills the requirements to qualify as a master. He has set, for four centuries, the standard of ideal beauty for western art. Is it any wonder that today's artist who is also a student of Christian Sci ence finds a challenge in these words: "It demands more than a Raphael to delineate this art"?

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