Encountering an Icon: Thomas Eakins’ ‘The Crucifixion’
by‘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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Silence, the Arts, and Spiritual Discipline: Thoughts after R. S. Thomas [and Mark Rothko], an ITIA seminar presentation by Dr Richard McLauchlan
byEDITOR’S NOTE: As a preview to the format for Transpositions’ Friday posts in the coming Martinmas semester 2018, this ‘review’ summarises and further reflects on…
Featured Artist: Nicholas Mynheer
byA sacred artist whose work graces churches and homes throughout his native England, Nicholas Mynheer (pronounced MY-neer) works in paint, glass, and stone. He…
Review: Modern Art and the Life of a Culture
byJonathan A. Anderson and William A. Dyrness. Modern Art and the Life of a Culture: The Religious Impulses of Modernism. Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP…
Reflections on Art at Chichester Cathedral: Two takes on the Baptism of Christ
byChichester Cathedral houses two 20th paintings of the Baptism of Christ[1]: one by Hans Feibusch (1951/77) in the Baptistery, the other by Patrick Procktor…
Review: Titian: His Life
bySheila 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…
Jamini Roy and the Lesson of (Visual) Contextualization
byOn a recent trip to India I visited the National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi. I confess I knew little to nothing about Indian…