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Category Archives: Western Art
Book Review: Christ in Celtic Christianity, by Michael W. Herren and Shirley Ann Brown
Celtic has become a buzzword in today’s age, evoking romantic notions of a peaceful, inclusive, nature-loving Christianity practiced in the British Isles of the Early Middle Ages. Classicist Michael W. Herren and medieval art historian Shirley Ann Brown, however, do not … Continue reading
Roundup: Liquor-store Jesus, Leviticus-inspired art, Hollywood actor talks grace, and more
What would Jesus do if he saw a stray shopping cart in a parking lot? Watch the video below to find out. Be like Jesus! “111th Street Jesus” by Jim Hinch: This Image journal article from last year profiles muralist … Continue reading
Jesus as the New David
This illumination is from an eighth-century copy of Cassiodorus’s sixth-century Commentary on the Psalms. (The manuscript is sometimes referred to as the Durham Cassiodorus because of the cathedral library that houses it.) Created in the Anglian kingdom of Northumbria, it … Continue reading
Rowan Williams talks Jesus art
In 2004 Dr. Rowan Williams, then archbishop of Canterbury, wrote an introduction to the exhibition catalog for “Presence: Images of Christ for the Third Millennium,” reflecting on the challenges inherent to the task of representing Jesus in art and how … Continue reading
Two unlikely characters sharing the same space
I have tremendous admiration for Ben Quash for the contributions he’s made to the field of Christianity and the arts. As a professor at King’s College in London, his primary research interest is the way in which the arts can … Continue reading
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Tagged ben quash, Epitaphios, found theology, job and christ, job as prophet, my redeemer lives, vittore carpaccio
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Art exhibitions: The Seven Deadly Sins
The Fairfield/Westchester Museum Alliance (FWMA), a group of art institutions in Connecticut and New York, is running an exhibition series this summer and fall on the Seven Deadly Sins. Each of the member institutions is presenting one of the sins. … Continue reading
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