"[The instructions God gave Solomon for the temple included] two freestanding columns [that] supported no architectural weight and had no utilitarian engineering significance. They were there only because God said they should be there as a thing of beauty. Upon the capitals of these columns were pomegranates fastened upon chains. Art work upon art work. If we understand what we are reading here, it simply takes our breath away. This is something overwhelmingly beautiful."

--Francis Schaeffer, Art and the Bible