Losing the context

Sacred art, decontextualisation and the modern world

The Marriage of the Virgin, also known as Lo Sposalizio, by Raphael, 1504, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

The more we call for words and actions to be set in their proper context, the more we draw attention to one of the defining features of modernity, one which has continued to unfold over the last 500 years: the loss of context and the decline of the home …