Category Painting

Rothko and the Beauty of Becoming

Over the past few decades decade, liminality—the study of the passage across boundaries—has become a familiar term in Anglophone theology. In the words of anthropologist Victor Turner, to speak of liminality is to speak of moments of passage in which…

The Art of Advent: O Emmanuel

[EDITOR’S NOTE: As our series on The Art of Advent: A Painting a Day from Advent to Epiphany by Jane Williams concludes for Christmas, Kevin Antlitz reflects on the miracle of Emmanuel as portrayed in James He Qi’s painting Nativity, and on…

The Art of Advent: O Rex Gentium

[EDITOR’S NOTE: As our series on The Art of Advent: A Painting a Day by Jane Williams continues, Tristan Cowell reflects on the Great Antiphon O Rex Gentium (King of the Nations) and William Blake’s painting Elohim Creating Adam. For more…

The Art of Advent: O Oriens

[EDITOR’S NOTE: This week in our series on The Art of Advent: A Painting a Day by Jane Williams, Regular Contributor Ewan Bowlby reflects on the Great Antiphon O Oriens (Dayspring) and the fourteenth-century painting The Harrowing of Hell. For more…

The Art of Advent: O Key of David

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Our series on The Art of Advent: A Painting a Day by Jane Williams continues with Jake Morley reflecting on the Great Antiphon O Key of David. For more information on this series, see our Series Launch.] O Key of…

The Art of Advent: O Root of Jesse

[EDITOR’S NOTE: This week Karen McClain Kiefer reflects on the antiphon ‘O Root of Jesse’ and the icon The Tree of Jesse. Gustav Klimt’s Tree of Life is also brought in for consideration. For more information on this series, see our Series…

The Art of Advent: O Adonai

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Our series on The Art of Advent: A Painting a Day by Jane Williams continues with Letizia Morley reflecting on the Great Antiphon O Adonai (Lord) and Domenichino’s seventeenth-century painting Landscape with Moses and the Burning Bush. For more…

The Art of Advent: O Wisdom

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Our series on The Art of Advent: A Painting a Day by Jane Williams begins with Mariah Ziemer’s reflection on the Great Antiphon O Wisdom and the 17th Century painting Holy Wisdom. For more information on this series, see…