Forget soaring temperatures, overheated car engines, and beaches crowded with sun worshippers to ponder a soul-restoring pair of images this month from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection of the newly created World and the Garden of Eden, now on view on the In the Beginning page of the Old Testament Tales gallery of the Bible Stories & Parables section.…
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For the month of July, I have selected three images from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection depicting the Return of the Prodigal Son, the climactic moment in Christ's much-loved parable in the Gospel of Luke, when the wayward younger son is welcomed home in an fatherly embrace. Although these works, now on view in The Prodigal Son page in…
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For the month of June and the start of the summer season, I have selected three new images from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection of the much-loved biblical figure who makes us to "lie down in green pastures." The Good Shepherd is a favorite subject of artists around the world, depicted in a variety of ways in many different…
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May is the time of year to remember the Virgin Mary. The quartet of Marian-themed works from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection on display this month on The Magnificat page in the The Coming of Christ gallery of The Life of Christ section are the work of Ukrainian Greek Catholic women artists from the city of Lviv in West…
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As the Season of Lent continues into April, I have two sets of images of the Passion of Christ to present this month from two editions, printed 30 years apart, of French Writer Paul Claudel's 1911 poem cycle, La Chemin de la Croix. The first set of fourteen woodcuts of the Stations of the Cross (far left) was carved…
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Ash Wednesday falls this year on March 6. During the first four weeks of Lent, I will be featuring prints from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection depicting the Agony in the Garden, when Christ prayed in Gethsemane for the cup of his suffering to pass. A trio of works by artists from the German-speaking world all display the distortion…
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In this month between Epiphany and the beginning of Lent, the new artworks presented from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection illustrate a biblical narrative spanning Christmas and Easter in its theme of the hope of salvation: the Flight into Egypt. The story of the Holy Family's journey in search of a safe haven in Egypt, recorded in Matthew 2:13-23,…
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We begin the New Year with the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6, celebrating the visit of the Wise Men to the Christ Child. This month's five featured images of the Adoration of the Magi from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection are the work of graphic artists from Czechia, all of them, small format prints for use on…
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We are celebrating Christmas Ukrainian-style this year. My selections for December from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection are all creations of young Ukrainian Greek Catholic icon-makers from Lviv, a city close to the nation's western border with Poland. Their church, formed on the boundary between the Latin West and the Byzantine East, acknowledges the Pope in Rome but worships…
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To commemorate the 80th anniversary this month of Kristallnacht, the infamous Night of Broken Glass, when Nazi supporters carried out an officially-sanctioned pogrom against the Jews of Germany, I am presenting three new images from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection of the Prophet Moses and the Ten Commandments by three international Jewish artists working in a variety of styles. …
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October is the time of year to celebrate the life of Francis of Assisi. Endearing images of the saint who loved God's creation, surrounded by animals, are a staple of Western Christian art. There is a less familiar genre of Franciscan imagery, where the saint communes with a bleeding Christ on the Cross or holds a skull to remind…
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Christians pay homage to the Hosts of Heaven this month at Michaelmas on September 29th. In keeping with this feast day, I am adding four new images from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection to the From Realms of Glory gallery of the Themes of Faith section depicting angels as administrators of divine justice at the End of Time. Berlin-based…
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