Angels and virgins and unicorns, oh my! Here’s a curious bit of Christian art history I have come across. From around 1330 AD a theme emerged in Medieval and Renaissance poetry art of the Virgin Mary as the hortus conclusus or “enclosed garden”. This was inspired by a verse from the Song of Songs which readsContinue reading “Christian Art: the hunt of the unicorn”
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The Annunciation – Nigerian Style
Annunciation by Nigerian artist Paul Woelfel
The Annunciation – Linda Sutton
The Annunciation by Linda Sutton
The Annunciation – Thailand
Annunication to Mary by Sawai Chinnawong, Thailand
The Annunciation – Indian Style
“Angel Visits Joseph” and “Angel Visits Mary” by A. K. Satheesan, 2009
The Annunciation – Korean Style
The Annunciation – Woonbo Kim Gi-chang
Abbaye de Keur Moussa
Abbaye de Keur Moussa, near Dakar, Senegal, is a Benedictine monastery of the Solesmes Congregation. Founded in 1961, the monastery became an abbey in 1984. The Keur Moussa abbey church fresco, samples of which I have included above, was designed and painted in 1963 by Dom Georges Saget. Stories illustrated here include: the annunciation, theContinue reading “Abbaye de Keur Moussa”
Mary with Pregnancy Test
Unsurprisingly, this New Zealand billboard featuring Mary with a pregnancy test sparked some Christmas controversy.
Curious Christian 