The Ethics of Beauty with Dr. Timothy Patitsas

About this episode

Stephen Roach and Dr. Timothy Patitsas discuss the relationship between beauty and goodness in art and architecture.

In this episode of Makers & Mystics, Stephen Roach continues the series The Pace of Beauty with Dr. Timothy Patitsas, author of The Ethics of Beauty. Focusing on Chapter Six, The Mystical Architect, they explore the inseparability of beauty and goodness, the cruciform nature of the artist’s journey, and how trauma has shaped modern art’s uneasy relationship with beauty. Together, they consider architecture as a foundational pattern of experience and the slow work of cultural renewal throu...

People in this episode

Host: Stephen Roach

Guest: Dr. Timothy Patitsas

Topics covered

• beauty
• goodness
• art
• architecture
• cultural renewal
• trauma

Keywords

• beauty
• goodness
• art
• architecture
• cultural renewal
• trauma
• mystical

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Ethics of Beauty, The Mystical Architect

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