I was attempting to organize all things in storage over Christmas break and somewhere between old photos and half-remembered keepsakes, I pulled out a timeworn book from 1938 titled Christ and the Fine Arts. My sorting came to a full stop. I sat right down on the floor, surrounded by piles of things, and let […]
Tag Archives: The Annunciation
December
02
“How Can This Be?”
posted by laurieetta
Henry Ossawa Tanner was an African-American artist who fled the racial restrictions of America in the late 1800s and moved to Paris. There he enjoyed much success and by 1900, he was among the leading American artists. Many considered him the premier biblical painter of his day. Tanner’s depiction of the moment when the angel […]
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