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Why artists? – Art and Christ Blog

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Art and Christ Blog. Lyssa McConaughey Fall 2015. December 11, 2015. Why DO we need artists? This is an important question, I’m glad you asked. Sometimes though, I feel like I need to make it a statement rather than a question begging for an explanation. We do need artists. I’ll admit that I sometimes wrestle with the validity of this statement. But I’m positive that most days I believe it’s true. We, (humans, the world, society, Christians, on and on) need artists. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. You are co...

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October 2015 – Art and Christ Blog

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Art and Christ Blog. Lyssa McConaughey Fall 2015. Grace and Necessity [Chapter 3]. October 27, 2015. This third section of “Grace and Necessity” by Rowan William’s left me wresting with a lot of big questions about what it means to be a Christian artist and other theological and intellectual musings. But there was something smaller that caught my eye that was something I needed to hear and now something I feel … More Grace and Necessity [Chapter 3]. Grace and Necessity [Chapter 3]. October 12, 2015.

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Grace and Necessity [Chapter 3] – Art and Christ Blog

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Art and Christ Blog. Lyssa McConaughey Fall 2015. Grace and Necessity [Chapter 3]. October 27, 2015. This third section of “Grace and Necessity” by Rowan William’s left me wresting with a lot of big questions about what it means to be a Christian artist and other theological and intellectual musings. But there was something smaller that caught my eye that was something I needed to hear and now something I feel compelled to be vulnerable with and to write about. Grace and Necessity [chapter 2]. I like the...

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Grace and Necessity [chapter 1] – Art and Christ Blog

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Art and Christ Blog. Lyssa McConaughey Fall 2015. Grace and Necessity [chapter 1]. October 7, 2015. October 7, 2015. This last week we began reading one of our course texts for Art and Christ class, “Grace and Necessity: Reflections on Art and Love” by Rowan Williams. This book is taken from a series of lectures Williams gave in 2005. In these lectures and the book he explores the philosophy and writings of Jaques Maritain and how Art and Theology connect and relate to one another. You did a nice job com...

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Grace and Necessity [chapter 2] – Art and Christ Blog

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Art and Christ Blog. Lyssa McConaughey Fall 2015. Grace and Necessity [chapter 2]. October 12, 2015. October 12, 2015. 8220;human” about themselves into their work. And then later in the text William’s talks about how the artist is responsible to expose things in a way that includes both the literalness of the thing and the meaning beyond that literalness. To be honest, William’s words capture this idea WAY better than my ability to put words to these ideas. He says…. I really like the idea of showing so...

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September 2015 – Art and Christ Blog

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Art and Christ Blog. Lyssa McConaughey Fall 2015. A Taste of the Northern Renaissance: Isenheim Altarpiece. September 23, 2015. A short art history lesson sounds, nice… right? The Isenheim Altarpiece First, let me answer the flood of logistical questions you have just found yourself overwhelmed by: What’s it called again? The Isenheim Altarpiece (or the Altarpiece of Isenheim, if you prefer). What is it, exactly? A Taste of the Northern Renaissance: Isenheim Altarpiece. Artist of Faith: Thomas Magee.

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Act of Faith – Art and Christ Blog

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Art and Christ Blog. Lyssa McConaughey Fall 2015. December 16, 2015. December 16, 2015. It took me awhile to decide what I wanted to do for a project that integrated my identity as both and artist and a person of faith. After giving it some thought and getting a few of my ducks in a row, I ended up with two different projects. I felt like they were both worth doing, so here is my two-part project. When I came in the second day, it was time to paint. I found small sample-sizes tubs of paint from Targe...

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Goodness – Art and Christ Blog

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Art and Christ Blog. Lyssa McConaughey Fall 2015. November 3, 2015. November 3, 2015. Our God is perfectly, immutably, essentially, primarily and necessarily good. As the infinite and unchanging initiator of good, goodness is inseparable from [God’s] nature. Certainly this divine attribute deserves our attention, reflection, and devotion to understanding it more and our energies spent in portraying it as a theme in our art. (It was Good, pg 20). Kantz Family. Lyssa Maree Photography. May 2015. Artist of ...

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Craftmanship + Beauty – Art and Christ Blog

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Art and Christ Blog. Lyssa McConaughey Fall 2015. November 24, 2015. November 24, 2015. I’ve been trying to decide if I should write about craftsmanship or beauty. I have really strong feelings about the beauty topic. But I decided to spare you a feminist rant or a deep wandering if my philosophical questions about not knowing what beauty actually is. Which probably would have turned into a feminist rant anyways! Like I said, Friends are great. Fun facts: Root beer was a Friend-ly invention and Cadbu...

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November 2015 – Art and Christ Blog

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Art and Christ Blog. Lyssa McConaughey Fall 2015. November 24, 2015. I’ve been trying to decide if I should write about craftsmanship or beauty. I have really strong feelings about the beauty topic. But I decided to spare you a feminist rant or a deep wandering if my philosophical questions about not knowing what beauty actually is. Which probably would have turned into a feminist rant … More Craftmanship Beauty. Artist of Faith: Thomas Magee. November 11, 2015. Artist of Faith: Thomas Magee. Abiggerworl...