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Christian art show in Arlington, MA
Starting tonight and running on two other Saturdays this month, Cambridge artist Shin Maeng will be having his first art show. The focus will be on a series of drawings he made last year in response to Advent but will … Continue reading
Posted in Western Art
Tagged christian art gallery, highrock art, sarah shin, shin happens, shin maeng
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“Crucifixion Iconography: From the 4th to the 21st Centuries”
I’ve been preoccupied lately with preparations for a lecture on crucifixion art, which I’ll be delivering on Friday (1/31/14) to the MIT Graduate Christian Fellowship. If you live in the Boston area, I invite you to attend! It will be … Continue reading
MLK, Pippin, and the Holy Mountain
In honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday on Monday, I’d like to highlight the work of one who shared Dr. King’s vision, but whose microphone was a canvas. This painting by self-taught African American artist Horace … Continue reading
Luke 2:15-18: The Adoration of the Shepherds
When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” And they went with … Continue reading
Luke 2:8-14: The Annunciation to the Shepherds
And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were … Continue reading
Luke 1:46-55: The Magnificat
And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed; for he … Continue reading
Luke 1:39-45: The Visitation
In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in … Continue reading
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Tagged christmas art, jesus and john the baptist, mary and elizabeth
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The Christmas Story in Text and Image
Starting tomorrow and going through the 26th, I’m going to post daily selections from Luke’s Gospel account of Jesus’s conception and birth, along with a piece of modern religious art for each passage. My hope is that as you read … Continue reading
Glass Screen at the Church of St. Nicholas, Islip
While visiting Oxford in April, I had the pleasure of meeting artist Nicholas Mynheer and, what’s more, of having him talk me through some of his works on location. One of my favorites was the glass screen he designed for … Continue reading
“Revisiting the Question of the Use of Visual Art, Imagery, and Symbol in Reformed Places of Worship” by Geraldine Wheeler
This essay is published in Christian Worship in Reformed Churches Past and Present, edited by Lukas Vischer (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2003). Here are a few concrete points I’ve taken away from it: If we want to engage the total … Continue reading
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The Jesus Question 