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Creation and new creation
A collection of essays invites artists and theologians into conversation.
by Melody Bellefeuille-Frost
Bringing forth Lazarus from a blank canvas
“Life is built, and then it stops, and then Christ reaches in and brings it forward again.”
Jessica Hooten Wilson interviews Ross Wilson
Hilma af Klint’s new ways of seeing
Years before Kandinsky, a Swedish woman created magnificent abstract paintings.
by Stephanie Paulsell
Some painters mesmerize me. Albert Pinkham Ryder, Mark Rothko, and Georges Rouault, for example. Their work glows, albeit in different ways. Yet it’s Rouault I continue to follow.
Why Rouault?
Rembrandt's meditations on Jesus' face reflect momentous changes in his faith—and in how people of his time envisioned Jesus.
by Martin B. Copenhaver