By Michael Swan
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| Sr. Wendy Beckett is famous for explaining art history in the 1980s on the BBC |
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Sister Wendy Beckett's New Art Books Open Doors to Christian Heritage
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THE CATHOLIC REGISTER
By Michael Swan
PUBLISHING---The first thing the Bible tells us about being human is that humans are an image. “Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness.’ ” We are a picture of God made by God. Nothing has been more important or more argued over in the history of Christianity than pictures. Sr. Wendy Beckett, the British hermit and consecrated virgin who enjoyed a season of stardom in the 1990s explaining art history on the BBC, has made it her life’s work to teach Christians how to read a painting. These three thin, attractive, softcover books, out in time for Christmas, are Sister Wendy on the Art of Christmas, Sister Wendy on the Art of Mary and Sister Wendy on the Art of Saints. [link]
By Michael Swan
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