Tuesday, Sep 7, 2010

Visual Arts

Exhibit of church and school drawings
Apr. 19, 2010
Coming soon to the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology's Blackfriar's Gallery in Berkeley: "Open Space Inside-Out: the Architectural Drawings of Arnold S. Constable", featuring pen and ink wash drawings of numerous Bay Area schools and churches, including St. ...

Spanish religious art exhibit portrays Christ, Mary, saints in detail
Mar. 10, 2010, By Carol Zimmermann
The National Gallery of Art in Washington is the venue for “The Sacred Made Real” – a unique exhibit of 22 sculptures and paintings from 17th century Spain, which portray Jesus, Mary and saints with intensely precise detail.

New York museum’s focus is biblical art in Jewish, Christian faiths
Sep. 23, 2009, By Julie Asher
Among Ena Heller’s favorite moments at New York’s Museum of Biblical Art is when visitors look at the treasures in its galleries and say, “That’s not what I expected!”

Interactive display at Library of Congress makes Bible come alive
Sep. 23, 2009, By Chaz Muth
Separation of church and state is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution but that doesn’t mean the Bible can’t be admired and appreciated by a public or government institution.

Catholic visual art
Sep. 14, 2009
Detail from "The Wedding Feast at Cana," a bronze by Maj. Joseph Edward Parker Jr., installed at St. Mary's Cathedral.  See more examples of Catholic visual art.

Installation of mosaic under way in dome of national shrine
Jan. 9, 2009, By Kaitlynn Riely, Catholic News Service
The mosaic was shipped via Federal Express from Italy to the United States. The 346 boxes arrived May 29, and the next day mosaic installers from Rugo Stone began installing the mosaic.

Church art in indigenous Guatemala
Dec. 5, 2008, By Rick DelVecchio
A detail from an icon in the Santiago, Guatemala, Catholic church. The icon is one of many sacred figures blending Catholic and Mayan spirituality. They are maintained by fraternities that meld Christian and indigenous symbols.

St. Patrick Seminary crucifix
Dec. 5, 2008, By Rick DelVecchio
The wooden sculpture dominates the seminary chapel's altar.

2008 Festival of Flowers
Dec. 5, 2008
The second annual fund-raiser was held in October at St. Mary's Cathedral.

The Madonna of Corpus Christi Church
Dec. 5, 2008, By Joann Consiglieri
Parish re-inaugurates treasured sculpture with a bow to the spirit of the Italian-American Catholics who put up the statue in the 1930s.

Portraits of the apostles in stained glass
Dec. 5, 2008, By Rick DelVecchio
In San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic, members of a Food for the Poor delegation toured the recently renovated Cathedral San Juan Bautista. Stained-glass windows depict the apostles.

Painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Dec. 5, 2008
The image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is depicted in a contemporary painting. The appearance of Mary to St. Juan Diego in Mexico in 1531 is said to have resulted in millions of conversions to Catholicism.

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