Category Archives: Western Art

Help wanted: Who’s the artist?

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Victoria Emily Jones

Over the years I’ve been collecting digital images of Christian artworks in hopes of making contact with the artists and exploring the feasibility (cost-wise and permissions-wise) of creating an online art gallery. I find these images mostly online, just from … Continue reading →

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“Welcome, all wonders . . .”

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Victoria Emily Jones

“Welcome, all wonders in one sight! Eternity shut in a span! Summer in winter, day in night, Heaven in earth, and God in man! Great little One! whose all-embracing birth Lifts earth to heaven, stoops heaven to earth.” —Chorus from … Continue reading →

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Christmas Roundup: The Polar Express, the Magi in art, the historical “Santa,” and more

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Victoria Emily Jones

“Jesus, Jacob, and The Polar Express” by Greg Lucas: This dad reflects on his twenty-year-old autistic son’s emotional experience of Santa and wonders whether maybe the eager anticipation he feels waiting for Santa, and then the pure joy of finally … Continue reading →

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Exulting in God this Thanksgiving

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Victoria Emily Jones

I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. —Psalm 9:1-2 What … Continue reading →

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Jesus in the Harvard Art Museums

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Victoria Emily Jones

After six years of expansion and renovations, the Harvard Art Museums—all three now united under one roof—reopened last weekend. I visited this Saturday in what was one of the most enjoyable mornings I’ve spent since moving to Boston. Their collection … Continue reading →

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Wayside cross painted by Gustav Klimt

Posted on September 27, 2014 by Victoria Emily Jones

Most famous for his gilded-style painting The Kiss, Gustav Klimt also painted many landscapes during his career. One of them shows a garden shrine to Christ, planted outside a farmhouse and covered in flowers of red, purple, and yellow. (It … Continue reading →

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Jesus Will Meet You Where You Are

Posted on September 20, 2014 by Victoria Emily Jones
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Roundup: Childlike faith, benediction, WWI art, and a poem

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Victoria Emily Jones

“Four Ways Children Do Faith Better Than Adults” by Stephen Mattson: Curious, honest, passionate, excited, adventurous. Oh, to have faith like a child! “Benediction: To Hear a Good Word” by Justin Ruddy: The benediction is a liturgical element that I … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Eden in art, transgender children, public schooling, new Exodus movie, and John Williams parody

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Victoria Emily Jones

“Back to Eden: Contemporary Artists Wander the Garden”: This new exhibition at the Museum of Biblical Art in Manhattan is on view through September 28. It features eighteen artists, many of whom work in nontraditional media. “I Am Ryland: The … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Jesus balloon, Oprahdoxy, minimalist Bible, Augustine, cave churches, and sugar sphinx

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Victoria Emily Jones

– Did you hear about the giant World Cup Jesus balloon that online gambling company Sportsbet floated over Melbourne two weeks ago? Resembling the famous Christ the Redeemer statue in Brazil, the balloon showed Jesus wearing an Australian soccer jersey … Continue reading →

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