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Until recently.<\/p>\n<p>Right now it\u2019s hosting an exhibit sponsored by the Met museum\u2013of which it is a part\u2013of liturgical garments and fashion: \u201cHeavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m clueless about fashion\u2013just ask my wife\u2013but I love religious art, and something magical seems to happen when you put these fancy dresses in the same rooms with sculpture, paintings, frescoes, stained glass windows and tapestries.<\/p>\n<p>I found myself <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/people-helping-people\/try-a-different-point-of-view\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">looking differently<\/a> at ancient drapery next to new high-versions of the stuff that are (I guess) meant to worn.<\/p>\n<p>In one exquisite Romanesque chapel the space is suddenly filled with a stunning white bridal dress complete with veil. All at once the room is returned to its sacred roots\u2013a point Catholic columnist Ross Douthot made about the exhibit.<\/p>\n<p>You see the room as a holy place and not just a bunch of old stones. More than one viewer seemed to be reminded of the recent royal wedding. I overheard one say, \u201cMeghan Markle and Prince Henry\u2026He\u2019s the one who married up.\u201d Made me laugh.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>I think of medieval art as the YouTube and Netflix of its time. Most people couldn\u2019t read. But they could see stories from the Bible come to life on the walls and in windows of their churches.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In another gallery I glanced at a dazzling dress that would seem meant for the red carpet and then compared it to what one of the Wise Men wore. If ever there was a red carpet moment, wasn\u2019t it the Nativity?<\/p>\n<p>I studied an exquisite Schiaparelli scrap of 20th-century embroidery\u2013an angel\u2019s wing\u2013and then looked at how the nearby seraphim and cherubim were clothed in sculpture and stained glass.<\/p>\n<p>The danger of putting holy art into museums is it can seem static, preserved under glass, meant only to be looked at with a critical eye. Relics of the past.<\/p>\n<p>But this art felt like it was <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/stories-of-faith-and-hope\/an-afternoon-spent-with-ancient-treasure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">curiously and prayerfully present<\/a> right now. How lovely to look at top-end designers like Dior, Chanel, Galliano, Balenciaga and sense them gazing at God.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibit is up through October. If you\u2019re visiting New York, don\u2019t miss it. 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