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Category Archives: Western Art
Visual Theology chapter outline
I highly recommend the book Visual Theology: Forming and Transforming the Community through the Arts. Click here to read my review, and see below for chapter summaries. VISUAL THEOLOGY AND THE TRADITIONAL 1. “Art’s Last Icon: Malevich’s Black Square Revisited” … Continue reading
Posted in Theology, Western Art
Tagged Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Deborah J. Haynes, Eugene Biel-Bienne, Francis Yellow, Francois de Menil, Gary Seal, George Gittoes, Ginger Henry Geyer, Graham Sutherland, Gustav Klimt, Henry Moore, Jefferson B. Riley, Joan Soranno, Jose Rafael Moneo, Kathe Kollwitz, Kazimir Malevich, Lois Peterson, Melvin R. Smith, Ricardo Cinalli, Richard Bresnahan, Richard Meier, Robert Graham, Rose J. Smith, Tina Blondell, William Bukowski
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Book Review: Visual Theology, ed. Robin M. Jensen and Kimberly J. Vrudny
When most Christians think “theology,” they think the study of God as expressed in words—in either verbal or written forms. Theology is communicated through sermons, catechisms, creeds, dialogue, books, and articles, this we know. But few Christians have considered that … Continue reading
Wilson Yates on why theology students should devote some study to the visual arts
Professor emeritus of Religion, Society, and the Arts at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, Wilson Yates says that the arts can serve as . . . A source for helping identify and understand the religious questions of human … Continue reading
What is “Christian art”?
“For those of us with no desire to dispense with theology in the name of some kind of religiously or spiritually inflected art, the question really comes down to what we mean by ‘Christian’ when it comes to Christian art. … Continue reading
The Art of Notre Dame de France, London
Located just off Leicester Square in London’s West End, this round church is tucked cozily between a movie theater and (when I was there in April) a construction site. I knew about the Cocteau mural, and so my husband, Eric, … Continue reading
Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Iffley
This small Norman church, built in 1170, is not a popular tourist destination, but I knew it would be worth the bus ride outside Oxford’s city center because of its two modern stained glass windows, which I had seen in … Continue reading
Fritz Eichenberg’s The Labor Cross
I recently finished reading the book Works of Mercy, a select compilation (by Robert Ellsberg) of Fritz Eichenberg’s wood engravings from The Catholic Worker newspaper. The art is supplemented with essays, article excerpts, and quotes relating to social justice. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Politics, Western Art
Tagged catholic worker, christian woodcuts, dorothy day, labor day, workers' rights
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Roundup: Coventry Cathedral, the falsifiability of Christianity, racism, a child’s letter, liturgy, and a “recycled orchestra”
I apologize for not generating much original content lately. I haven’t anything substantive to present at the moment, but I have been voraciously reading up and taking notes on the history behind the building and art of Coventry Cathedral—one of … Continue reading
Posted in Film, History, Inspirational, Music, Western Art
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“Fierce was the wild billow”: An Eastern Orthodox hymn
This hymn, originally written in Greek, is ascribed to Anatolius of the seventh century. The following is an English translation by John Mason Neale from 1862. Fierce was the wild billow, Dark was the night; Oars labored heavily, Foam glimmered … Continue reading
The Bell Altar and Madonna and Child in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
I love that so many centuries-old churches in England are still commissioning art—inviting contemporary visual styles into their worship space to stand alongside medieval pillars, frescoes, and window glass as expressions of the times that change and the Truth that … Continue reading
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