Encountering an Icon: Thomas Eakins’ ‘The Crucifixion’
‘There really is no such thing as Art. There are only artists.’ [1] With these two provocative little sentences, E.H. Gombrich begins his famed…
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Silence, the Arts, and Spiritual Discipline: Thoughts after R. S. Thomas [and Mark Rothko], an ITIA seminar presentation by Dr Richard McLauchlan
EDITOR’S NOTE: As a preview to the format for Transpositions’ Friday posts in the coming Martinmas semester 2018, this ‘review’ summarises and further reflects on…
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Featured Artist: Nicholas Mynheer
A sacred artist whose work graces churches and homes throughout his native England, Nicholas Mynheer (pronounced MY-neer) works in paint, glass, and stone. He…
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Review: Modern Art and the Life of a Culture
Jonathan A. Anderson and William A. Dyrness. Modern Art and the Life of a Culture: The Religious Impulses of Modernism. Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP…
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Reflections on Art at Chichester Cathedral: Two takes on the Baptism of Christ
Chichester Cathedral houses two 20th paintings of the Baptism of Christ[1]: one by Hans Feibusch (1951/77) in the Baptistery, the other by Patrick Procktor…
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Review: Titian: His Life
Sheila Hale, Titian: His Life. London: HarperPress, 2012, xxi + 832 pp., £30/ $39.99 hardback. Sheila Hale begins the introduction of her tome on the life…
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Jamini Roy and the Lesson of (Visual) Contextualization
On a recent trip to India I visited the National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi. I confess I knew little to nothing about Indian…
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Artist in Residence Series: Art and Hospitality
I often paint in order to know/see what I feel. Sometimes what I feel is not only impossible to say, but also seemingly impossible to…
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Review: Through Your Eyes
G. Walter Hansen and Bruce Herman. Through Your Eyes: Dialogues on the Paintings of Bruce Herman. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2013, xxi + 117 pp., £32.99/$50.00…
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