The gaze of love : meditations on art and spiritual transformation

by Wendy Beckett

Paper Book, 1993

Status

Available

Call number

N8248.S77B43 1993

Tags

Art, Meditations, Spirituality in art

Genres

Publication

[San Francisco, Calif.] : HarperSanFrancisco, c1993.

Description

This religious book contains 40 meditations by Sister Wendy Beckett on works of art. She opens up what is for many people a closed world - that of highly modern art. Through its strange shapes and symbolism, she leads the reader into a world of freedom, love and grace where God is encountered.

Subjects

Art
Meditations
Spirituality in art

LCC

N8248.S77B43 1993

Physical description

111 p.; 25 cm

ISBN

9780060608286

Barcode

31342000029925

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