The art historian, church composer, and Jesuit Josef Kreitmaier (1874 - 1946) illuminates the significant Christian Beuron art in this work. "We often hear the complaint that our contemporary religious art lacks inner depth and focuses too much on the technical aspects or even derives from old formulas in a mechanical way. It is precisely in that spirit of transcendent depth that Beuron could serve as a model, even more so than in the revival of true monumental art, where it has already had such fruitful effects." (From the introduction) Reprint of the third edition from 1927. With 37 illustrations.