Monthly sample readings

January: Royal Visit – Edward Poynter was both a painter and an art historian. He wanted to depict everything the way it once might have been. However, this was a difficult undertaking since no archaeological remains… >>>

February: Hope in Deep Winter – An almond tree can already start to blossom, even if there is still snow outside! This is what the painter van Gogh experienced when he moved to Arles in February 1888. … >>>

March: The Right Kind of Fasting – What a colorful hustle and bustle on this painting! If you look more closely, you can discover seven smaller scenes that belong together.… >>>

April: The Suffering Servant – For many Christians it is clear who could only be meant by the Servant in Isaiah: Jesus of Nazareth! Dürer paints him as a “Man of Sorrows”. … >>>

May: Ascension – This picture is called an icon. Icons are images of saints in Eastern churches, especially in the Orthodox Church. They are mostly painted on wood. … >>>

June: Bread from Heaven – All the people in this painting are elegantly clothed, without a single sign of hardship! No desert far and wide! Instead, we see a pleasant landscape with meadows set off against a golden horizon. … >>>

July: Life in Abundance – Deserts that start to bloom: This really does exist! A well-known example is the Atacama Desert in Chile, which is around 1200 kilometers long and stretches from southern Peru to northern Chile. … >>>

August: Hospitality in Midday Heat – The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day. He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent entrance to meet them, and bowed down to the ground. … >>>