Encountering an Icon: Thomas Eakins’ ‘The Crucifixion’
‘There really is no such thing as Art. There are only artists.’ [1] With these two provocative little sentences, E.H. Gombrich begins his famed…
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Theology, Arts, and Culture Series: An Interview with Penny Warden [Part 2]
Editor’s note: We are very pleased to present the second part of an interview with distinguished artist Penny Warden. In the first part, she…
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Theology, Arts, and Culture Series: An Interview with Penny Warden [Part 1]
Editor’s note: We are very pleased to present the first part of an interview with distinguished artist Penny Warden. In this first part, she…
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Movement and Location in the Church Space: Pieter Jansz Saenredam, his paintings, and an “ambulatory imagination”
It is fitting to write a reflection on the idiosyncratic artwork of Pieter Jansz Saenredam from the peculiar comfort of Martyrs Kirk library in…
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Featured Artist: Nicholas Mynheer
A sacred artist whose work graces churches and homes throughout his native England, Nicholas Mynheer (pronounced MY-neer) works in paint, glass, and stone. He…
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God’s Back: Jackson Pollock and the Beatific Vision
It would be difficult to read Jackson Pollock’s so-called drip paintings as the product of theological intent. Judging by their titles, which range from…
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Review: Modern Art and the Life of a Culture
Jonathan A. Anderson and William A. Dyrness. Modern Art and the Life of a Culture: The Religious Impulses of Modernism. Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP…
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