Editor: Timothy Verdon Publisher: Mount Tabor Books I picked up this book for a couple of reasons. First, I love religious art. Second, I've been working on a project about the use of art in service to the liturgy. Third, the title looked interesting. And while I wasn't fully satisfied with this book, and I …
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Now we have, in brief, dug into the history of Christian art and had the opportunity to enjoy art from around the world. So why bother to show all of these images? Why should it matter if we have a variety of art from around the world? I share them because they show how we …
Continue reading The Face of Christ: Part 5 – All Nations, Tribes, and Tongues
As discussed in the previous installment of this series, it is both acceptable and good to preserve and appreciate art from around the world. In the following, we will discuss types of depictions of Christ, examine the implications of depicting His face, and get the chance to view examples of that art from around the …
Continue reading The Face of Christ: Part 4 – Christ in Culture and Art
In the previous installments of this series, we addressed the foundation for this discussion, the ethnicity of Jesus, and the Gospel message. As always, there is a necessity to understand history, and that is what we will discuss in the following. The last section began that discussion by speaking a little on Jesus' earthly ethnic history concerning …
Continue reading The Face of Christ: Part 3 – The History of Christian Art
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