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Paint & Portraiture: John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent may rightly be considered the king of portrait painting. He worked in a style that loosely filled in figures’ backgrounds, while carefully depicting their faces. Most of his...
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Twenty | 14 May 2010
Twenty is a collection of apparently disparate images that have been thoughtfully selected to complement a great work of art (displayed first in the collection below). Today’s featured image is Irises...
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Twenty | 21 May 2010
Two nights ago, five paintings were stolen from the Paris Museum of Modern Art. Among them was this piece, L’Olivier pres de l’Estaque, by Georges Braque. Twenty is a collection of apparently...
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Thief! Top 10 Art Heists
By now you’ve doubtless heard about the brazen art heist in France. The security system at the Museum of Modern Art, Paris, had been broken since March 30 this year. On May 20, a lone burglar wearing...
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Minimalist Contemplation
“I once taught art to adults in a night course. I had a woman who painted her back yard, and she said it was the first time she had ever really looked at it. I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way...
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Twenty | 28 May 2010
Twenty is a collection of apparently disparate images that have been thoughtfully selected to complement a great work of art (displayed first in the collection below). Today’s featured image is...
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Twenty | 4 June 2010
Twenty is a collection of apparently disparate images that have been thoughtfully selected to complement a great work of art (displayed first in the collection below). Today’s featured image is Peace...
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Twenty | 11 June 2010
Twenty is a collection of apparently disparate images that have been thoughtfully selected to complement a great work of art (displayed first in the collection below). Today’s featured image is The...
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Twenty | 25 June 2010
Twenty is a collection of apparently disparate images that have been thoughtfully selected to complement a great work of art (displayed first in the collection below). Today’s featured image is the...
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When Pop Art Gets Critical: Andy Warhol
I used to dismiss Andy Warhol as “shallow”–that is, until I dug a little deeper and discovered the underlying coherence of his work. Warhol’s two most famous pieces, the Marilyns and the Campbell’s...
View Article“Christian” Hip-Hop: What Does That Even Mean?
Last week, we talked a bit about the importance of Christian hip-hop/rap as a genre, and then provided numerous examples of theologically-influenced lyrics from within the genre. Hopefully you’ve taken...
View ArticleNon-Christian Art: Three Christian stances and why to care
Sometimes, Christians make bad art. Perhaps its because they don’t have talent or training, perhaps its because they get confused about what good art means. That doesn’t perplex me. There are lots of...
View ArticleFrom Death to Life, Not Rot to Sanitation: Part 2
Three weeks ago I wrote about Christians having to live with TV and pop culture that is frankly yucky. I said that even though pop culture is often disgusting and rotten, Christians who are moving from...
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The Art of Self-Knowledge
I’m my own worse critic. I don’t mean to say that I see every flaw in my writing; I mean I only see the flaws in my writing. The difference may be slight, but it is like the difference between deciding...
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Writing as Art
During my final semester of college, I’m taking a class called “Vision, Voice, and Practice.” The painting and poetry professors have teamed up to teach it, and it’s offered for either upper division...
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