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![Sheila Hale, Titian: His Life. London: HarperPress, 2012, xxi + 832 pp., £30/ $39.99 hardback. Sheila Hale begins the introduction of her tome on the life of Titian (Tiziano Vicellio, c.1488/90 – 1576) with the following quote from Edward Said: “Any style […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/jpeg-115x115.jpg "Review: Titian: His Life")
Review: Titian: His Life
Posted on 28/11/2014 | No CommentsSheila Hale, Titian: His Life. London: HarperPress, 2012, xxi + 832 pp., £30/ $39.99 hardback. Sheila Hale begins the introduction of her tome on the life of Titian (Tiziano Vicellio, c.1488/90 – 1576) with the following quote from Edward Said: “Any style […] -
![On a recent trip to India I visited the National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi. I confess I knew little to nothing about Indian art, and so thought this an appropriate act of penance. The current exhibition, “… in the […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/d4960087x-115x115.jpg "Jamini Roy and the Lesson of (Visual) Contextualization")
Jamini Roy and the Lesson of (Visual) Contextualization
Posted on 09/04/2014 | 1 CommentOn a recent trip to India I visited the National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi. I confess I knew little to nothing about Indian art, and so thought this an appropriate act of penance. The current exhibition, “… in the […] -
![I often paint in order to know/see what I feel. Sometimes what I feel is not only impossible to say, but also seemingly impossible to know for certain. Paint, color, texture, shapes–physical stuff–can sometimes do a better job of getting at […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/N-studio-2-115x115.jpg "Artist in Residence Series: Art and Hospitality")
Artist in Residence Series: Art and Hospitality
Posted on 19/03/2014 | 7 CommentsI often paint in order to know/see what I feel. Sometimes what I feel is not only impossible to say, but also seemingly impossible to know for certain. Paint, color, texture, shapes–physical stuff–can sometimes do a better job of getting at […] -
![G. Walter Hansen and Bruce Herman. Through Your Eyes: Dialogues on the Paintings of Bruce Herman. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2013, xxi + 117 pp., £32.99/$50.00 cloth. I’ve been waiting to see this book ever since I heard that it was in […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/9780802871176-115x115.jpg "Review: Through Your Eyes")
Review: Through Your Eyes
Posted on 17/01/2014 | No CommentsG. Walter Hansen and Bruce Herman. Through Your Eyes: Dialogues on the Paintings of Bruce Herman. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2013, xxi + 117 pp., £32.99/$50.00 cloth. I’ve been waiting to see this book ever since I heard that it was in […] -
![Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr. Rembrandt’s Late Religious Portraits. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2005, 150 pp., £29.50/$42.50 cloth. This catalogue accompanied an exhibition of seventeen works by Rembrandt from late in his career, held in 2005 at the National Gallery […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/University-of-CHicago-Press-115x115.gif "Review: The Religious Vision of Rembrandt")
Review: The Religious Vision of Rembrandt
Posted on 15/01/2014 | No CommentsArthur K. Wheelock, Jr. Rembrandt’s Late Religious Portraits. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2005, 150 pp., £29.50/$42.50 cloth. This catalogue accompanied an exhibition of seventeen works by Rembrandt from late in his career, held in 2005 at the National Gallery […] -
![Editor’s Note: This is the second post in our new Artists in Residence series, a series intended to draw working artists like Bruce Herman, Alfonse Borysewicz and Makoto Fujimura into the theology/arts conversation here on Transpositions. … /on the puzzle […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Last-Supper-1-115x115.jpg "Upper Room: Alfonse Borysewicz, Artist in Residence")
Upper Room: Alfonse Borysewicz, Artist in Residence
Posted on 20/11/2013 | 3 CommentsEditor’s Note: This is the second post in our new Artists in Residence series, a series intended to draw working artists like Bruce Herman, Alfonse Borysewicz and Makoto Fujimura into the theology/arts conversation here on Transpositions. … /on the puzzle […] -
![Editor’s Note: This is the first post in our new Artists in Residence series, a series intended to draw working artists like Bruce Herman, Alfonse Borysewicz and Makoto Fujimura into the theology/arts conversation here on Transpositions. In his book Real […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/detail-Spring-115x115.jpg "Courtesia: Bruce Herman, Artist in Residence")
Courtesia: Bruce Herman, Artist in Residence
Posted on 25/09/2013 | 4 CommentsEditor’s Note: This is the first post in our new Artists in Residence series, a series intended to draw working artists like Bruce Herman, Alfonse Borysewicz and Makoto Fujimura into the theology/arts conversation here on Transpositions. In his book Real […]
![In Visual Faith, William Dyrness entertains two questions concerning the uncomfortable, and at times awkward, relationship between beauty and goodness. The first: “Do pursuits of justice and beauty compete for our attention?”[1] And the second: “How can I enjoy quiet […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/100_1079-36x36.jpg "The Imagination between Beauty and Goodness"){kind=small}
![And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more. People talking without speaking, People hearing without listening. People writing songs that voices never share. And no one dared, Disturb the sound of silence. –Simon & Garfunkel, “The […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/great-silence-2-36x36.jpg "The Sound of Silence and the Silence of Sound: On Having Ears to Hear"){kind=small}
![Hans Boersma, Embodiment and Virtue in Gregory of Nyssa: An Anagogical Approach. Oxford Early Christian Studies. Edited by Gillian Clark and Andrew Louth. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013, 304 pp., £72.00/$135.oo cloth. Hans Boersma’s interests in sacramental ontology and ancient Christian expressions […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/BOersma-Oxford-36x36.jpg "Review: Re-Approaching Gregory of Nyssa"){kind=small}
![Culture Care is the vision of culture as an ecosystem and the call to consider our stewardship of this ecosystem. Recently, as I have developed Culture Care as a thesis, I have come to a deeper understanding of the relationships between nature […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/culture-care-mako-36x36.png "Artist in Residence Series: Culture Care for Churches"){kind=small}
![I often paint in order to know/see what I feel. Sometimes what I feel is not only impossible to say, but also seemingly impossible to know for certain. Paint, color, texture, shapes–physical stuff–can sometimes do a better job of getting at […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/N-studio-2-36x36.jpg "Artist in Residence Series: Art and Hospitality"){kind=small}