by Michelle L Hofer | Jan 30, 2018 | Lost Sight: How the Protestant Reformation Disrupted the Art and Faith Connection
Lost Sight – Series Introduction CAN THERE BE SUCH A THING AS AN IMAGELESS FAITH? Faith may, will, and must have its images! – Martin Luther For many of the new forming Christian sects some 500 years ago, sacred images were completely wiped from their...
by Michelle L Hofer | Jan 23, 2018 | Lost Sight: How the Protestant Reformation Disrupted the Art and Faith Connection
Part 12 – Now I See Above: We Are One (The Holy Trinity after Rublev), 2018 by Michelle L Hofer A Real Eye Opener I am an avid podcast listener, especially when I’m busy with some art-making as I was this past week. I typically osculate between podcasts and...
by Michelle L Hofer | Jan 16, 2018 | Lost Sight: How the Protestant Reformation Disrupted the Art and Faith Connection
Part 11 – Seeing the Divine Above: Detail of Christ, Deesis* mosaic in the Hagia Sophia (13th century) Istanbul, Turkey. *Deesis is the name of the artistic depiction were Christ is flanked by Mary and John the Baptist each with hands raised in a gesture of...
by Michelle L Hofer | Jan 9, 2018 | Lost Sight: How the Protestant Reformation Disrupted the Art and Faith Connection
Part 10 – This Means War Above: Self-Portrait at Twenty-Eight Years Old Wearing a Coat with Fur Collar (1500) by Albrecht Dürer – detail If I were a better lyricist I would have attempted writing a full verse on the Reformation’s war on images for Billy...
by Michelle L Hofer | Jan 2, 2018 | Lost Sight: How the Protestant Reformation Disrupted the Art and Faith Connection
Part 9 – Seeing the Good News Above: The Vladimir Mother of God (12th century) “I’ve stopped watching the news,” my friend tells me at a holiday party. Having taken a challenging new job, this one move to consciously shut out media on his phone and his TV has...
by Michelle L Hofer | Dec 19, 2017 | Lost Sight: How the Protestant Reformation Disrupted the Art and Faith Connection
Part 8 – Glowing Gospels Above: “XPI AUTEM” © STOCKHOLM, NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SWEDEN, MS A. 135, FOL. 10R A Discovery “…as my eyes grew accustomed to the light, details of the room within emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, statues, and gold...