“The Sacred Made Real” at the National Gallery of Art evokes feelings of awe and enchantment.
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The Artist as Believer: James Tissots visionary paintings of Jesus
James Tissot’s paintings of Jesus’ life and death are signs of a vibrant Christian imagination.
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Sister Wendy Beckett meditates on Janet McKenzie’s “The Holy Family”
In Janet McKenzie’s “The Holy Family” the unknown reality of first-century peasants has been transposed into another key.
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The dramatic restoration of the ‘Madonna della Strada’
For centuries worshippers had credited the “Madonna della Strada” in Rome with healing powers, though no one called it an artistic masterpiece.
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The Americans: A new exhibit of paintings tells the story of a young nation
A new show of American paintings at the Met seeks to find clues to shifts in American self-understanding.
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Let There Be Comics: The Book of Genesis according to R. Crumb
R. Crumb’s illustration of the Book of Genesis does not gloss over anything. It’s all here in graphic detail.
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American Master: The windows and landscapes of John LaFarge
John LaFarge anticipated the art of the Impressionists in his simplified landscapes and exquisitely painted flower studies.
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Kandinsky’s Creations: Notes on a spiritual revolution
The Russian-born artist believed his time was one of spiritual crisis. “The nightmare of materialism…[has] turned life into an evil, senseless game.”
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Seeing Scripture: An exhibit of biblical illustrations is rife with political and religious tension.
A show of biblical prints combines artistic ambition with devotional purposes.
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Continents Away: African and Oceanic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
An exhibit of African and Oceanic art at the Metropolitan Museum rejects the presumption that Western standards are the final arbiters of aesthetic achievement. View slide show.