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November 28, 2017

MET museum embraces art of Catholic fashion

LEFT: An oil on canvas painting, Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541-1609), by El Greco, circa 1600. It is one of the featured art works in an exhibition under the 2018 Met Gala theme “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.” (Photo courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art) RIGHT: Cardinal Raymond Burke wearing a red galero, inspired by the scarlet hats of the canons of Lyon, a privilege first granted to cardinals by Pope Innocent IV in 1245. The colour of the hat and number of tassels indicate the cleric's place in the hierarchy.
Catholicism and its fashion have fascinated the secular media for decades.
Published in Features