VAGUENESS OF ANY SORT, AS BEING A PRIVATION OF DUE FORM IS NECESSARILY A DEFECT OF BEAUTY. HENCE IT IS THAT IN MEDIEVAL RHETORIC SO MUCH STRESS IS LAID ON THE COMMUNICATIVE NATURE OF ART, WHICH MUST BE EXPLICIT.
IT IS PRECISELY THIS COMMUNICATIVE CHARACTER THAT DISTINGUISHED CHRISTIAN FROM LATE CLASSICAL ART, IN WHICH STYLE IS PURSUED FOR ITS OWN SAKE, AND CONTENT VALUED ONLY AS A POINT OF DEPARTURE; AND IN THE SAME WAY, FROM THE GREATER PART OF MODERN ART, WHICH ENDEAVORS TO ELIMINATE SUBJECT (GRAVITAS).
