Day 22, Where the Lambs Are Kept – Reflection, Questions, and Art During Advent
About the Art: Govaert Flinck (1615 -1660), The Annunciation to the Shepherds, 1639, oil on panel, 160 x 196 cm, The Louvre,...
Day 21, Every Bit A Fragile, Tiny Baby: Reflection, Questions, and Art During Advent
About the Art: Marc Chagall, The Christ Window, stained glass, Fraumunster Church, Zurich, Installed in 1970. This image of Mary...
Day 20, When Joseph Woke From His Dream – Reflection, Questions, and Art During Advent
About the Art: Gaetano Gandolfi, Angel Appears to Joseph in a Dream, c. 1790. Gaetano Gandolfi (1734–1802) was an Italian...
Day 19, The Ordinary Overshadowed: Reflection, Questions, and Art During Advent
About the Art: Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669). The Visitation, 1640. Oil on cedar panel, 22 1/4 x 18 7/8...
Day 18, The Silence of the Priest – Reflection, Questions, and Art During Advent
About the Art: Tintoretto, The Birth of John the Baptist, c. 1554, Oil on canvas, 181 x 266 cm, The...
Day 17, Herod the Great, King of the Jews – Reflection, Questions, and Art During Advent
About the Art: Trompe l’oeil painting of a window with open shutters, discovered in The Herodium, The Herodium Expedition, The...
Day 16 – I Have Loved You: Reflection, Questions, and Art During Advent
About the Art: Rembrandt van Rijn, Belshazzar’s Feast, 1635, oil on canvas, 167.6 cm × 209.2 cm, National Gallery, London. This Rembrandt comes...
Day 15 – The Edge of Ruin: Reflection, Questions, and Art During Advent
About the Art: Sandro Botticelli, The Annunciation, 1489, tempera on panel, 150 x 156 cm, Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Click here to read...
Day 14 – For All His Wisdom: Reflection, Questions, and Art During Advent
About the Art: Jacob Willems. de Wet The Edler, The Idolatry of Solomon, c. 1671, oil on panel, 54 x 73.5 cm....
Day 13 – The Boy-King of Bethlehem: Reflection, Questions, and Art During Advent
About the Art: Michelangelo, David, 1501-04, Marble statue, Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, Italy. Click here to learn more about this iconic statue....
Day 12 – A King on a Throne: Reflection, Questions, and Art During Advent
About the Art: Rembrandt van Rijn, David Playing the Harp for Saul, 1629, oil on panel, 50.2 x 61.8 cm,...
Day 11 – The People He Wanted: Reflection, Questions and Art During Advent
About the Art: Nicholas Poussin, The Adoration of the Golden Calf, c. 1634, oil on canvas, 154 x 214 cm,...
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