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Over the centuries some of the world's greatest painters have explored and expressed their faith in God through their art. Here, Richard Harries invites you to reflect with him on thirty such artists, and to see how their paintings illuminate important aspects of Christian faith and teaching. Encompassing masterpieces by Rembrandt, Leonardo, Titian and Caravaggio as well as modern works by Chagall, Spencer and Rouault, this book presents the essentials of the faith in a way that will move the reader to respond with heart as well as head.

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Author:   Richard Harries
Publisher:   SPCK Publishing
Imprint:   SPCK Publishing
Weight:   0.334kg
ISBN:  

9780281083824

ISBN 10:   0281083827
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   20 February 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Introduction 1 Part 1 IN TIME 1 'Let there be . . .'7 The creation of the sun, moon and stars, twelfth-century mosaic 2 Animals come into being 11 Jacopo Tintoretto, Creation of the Animals, 1551-52 3 The image of God 15 Lucas Cranach the Elder, Adam and Eve, 1526 4 'Some natural tears they dropped' 19 Masaccio, The Expulsion from Eden, c. 1425 Part 2 IN HISTORY 5 Liberated into freedom 25 Marc Chagall, Exodus, 1952 6 The way of life required of God's people 31 Moses before the burning bush, sixth-century mosaic 7 Prophetic critique 35 Albert Herbert, Elijah Being Fed by a Raven, 1992 8 Divine wisdom 39 Holy Wisdom, sixteenth-century icon 9 Suffering 45 Roger Wagner, And the Lord Lifted Up Job's Face, 1995 10 'The Word became flesh and dwelt among us' 49 Patricia Fostiropoulos, Icon of loving kindness, 1990 11 The baptism of Christ 53 Piero della Francesca, The Baptism of Christ, c. 1450 12 The testing of Christ 57 Stanley Spencer, The Scorpion, 1939 13 The One who knows our needs 61 Rembrandt, Christ Healing and Preaching, c. 1648 14 Welcomed home 65 Hildegart Nicholas, The Prodigal, 1991 15 'From glory to glory' 69 Edith Reyntiens, Icon of the Transfiguration, c. 1986 16 The Last Supper 73 Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, 1494-98 17 Agony 77 Helen Meyer, Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, c. 1990 18 Crucified and risen 81 Norman Adams, The Golden Crucifixion, 1993 19 Delivered from darkness 85 The Anastasis, fourteenth-century fresco 20 'He is not here, he is risen' 89 The two Marys finding the tomb of Jesus empty, sixth-century mosaic Part 3 IN CHRIST 21 'Do not cling to me, I have not yet ascended to the Father' 95 David Wynne, Noli me tangere, 1963 22 Questioning 99 Mosaic at Hosios Loukas, Greece, c. 1120 23 The supper at Emmaus 103 Ceri Richards, The Supper at Emmaus, 1958 24 Life turned upside down 107 Caravaggio, Conversion on the Way to Damascus, 1600-01 25 The Spirit descends to live within us 111 Nicholas Mynheer, Worcester College Chapel Choir, 2003 26 The dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary 117 Twelfth-century icon 27 Christian mindfulness 121 Tom Denny, Window in memory of Thomas Traherne, 2006-07 28 'Christ within us, our true self' 127 Solomon Raj, Etching, c. 1995 29 The Communion of Saints 131 Fra Angelico, Christ Glorified in the Court of Heaven, 1423-24 30 The hospitality of God 137 Andrei Rublev, The Trinity, c. 1425-27 Notes 139 Acknowledgements 141

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Richard Harries is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Honorary Professor of Theology at King’s College, London. On his retirement as Bishop of Oxford (1987-2006) he was made a life peer (Lord Harries of Pentregarth). He is the author of many critically acclaimed books, including Hearing God in Poetry (SPCK, 2021), Seeing God in Art (SPCK, 2022) and his moving autobiography The Shaping of a Soul: a life taken by surprise (John Hunt 2023). Art and the Beauty of God (Continuum, 1993) was selected as book of the year by Anthony Burgess in The Observer. A much loved voice on BBC’s Today programme, he has contributed to ‘Thought for the Day’ for more than 50 years.

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