Mar 25, 2021 | Lent Course
Praying with Art and Images Land Art For the beauty of the earth, for the beauty of the skies, for the love which from our birth over and around us lies: Lord of all, to thee we raise this our sacrifice of praise. There is so much beauty in our world and so much that...
Mar 24, 2021 | Lent Course
Thursday Coventry Cathedral – A Modern Classic Architecture, and not only Church Architecture, can be a starting point for prayer. Today we take one example – a cathedral rebuilt after WW2 with large, vivid expressions of our faith, often in new mediums. ...
Mar 23, 2021 | Lent Course
Wednesday – The Art in our churches – the Architecture of our Churches All the churches in our Team have stained, coloured glass – some more than others. Have you stopped to look at what they depict? Most recently St Andrew’s commissioned a window depicting the...
Mar 22, 2021 | Lent Course
Tuesday – Modern Art and Sculpture Many of us will know this painting – by Salvador Dali. Jesus hangs on the cross and the world is below, particularly what looks like the Sea of Galilee and the fishing boats that Jesus and his disciples would have known, but he is...
Mar 21, 2021 | Lent Course
Monday – Classic Art There are so many pictures we could consider but here are two that speak to me. This is by Zurburan (date about 1640) – called ‘Agnus Dei’ or Lamb of God. It is very realistic, and the legs of the lamb are bound forming the shape of a cross....
Mar 21, 2021 | Lent Course
Praying with Images We all have favourite pictures, and most of us have favourite buildings. We see pattern, and light, colour and contrast. Over the centuries so many artists have been drawn to paint or sculpt or make images using the Christian tradition and story as...
