Artfully Teaching the Faith

Do You Want Answers to Your Questions?

• Why did Leonardo change the Madonna of the Rocks?
• What hidden symbolism can be found in his Last Supper?
• Why did Raphael put two additional people in his Transfiguration?
• Who did Michelangelo hide within his Last Judgement and how did he use it to make fun of a Catholic cardinal?
• How did Henry Ossawa Tanner change Fra Angelico's 'Annunciation' and WHY did he do it?

Discover the Christian symbols visually embedded in seventeen pieces of great artwork! Seventeen short, clear discussions of works like:

• Leonardo's Last Supper and Madonna of the Rocks,
• Michaelangelo's Creation of Adam and Last Judgment,
• Bouguereau's Vierges aux Anges,
• Raphael's Transfiguration and Disputation on the Eucharist,
• Fra Angelico's Annunciation,
• Caravaggio's Crucifixion of Peter,
• Perugino's Jesus Gives Peter the Keys,
• Rublev's Icon of the Trinity,
• Reni's Matthew Inspired by an Angel,
• Gerard David's Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Wedding Feast at Cana and Baptism of Christ,
• Henry Ossawa Tanner's Annunciation,
• and the miraculous Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

In each case, the clear, concise commentary illuminates what the artists were trying to portray, the incredible Christian secrets lost to the twenty-first century viewer. Quickly gain an appreciation and an appetite for teaching the Faith in the most beautiful way possible, using beauty itself!

ISBN 0-9718128-7-X, 64 pages, 8.5x5.5, saddle-stitch.

Artwork is not contained in the book but is available for download at this site (click here).

 

Book reviews

"We're midway through the second week of our school year and are using Artfully Teaching the Faith (bridegroompress.com/catal...ts_id=39), alternating it with hands-on art instruction. This was the first week using Artfully Teaching the Faith, and wow! We covered "The Creation of Adam" by Michelangelo, and I got a lesson on the symbolism Michelangelo used in that fresco! This was an inexpensive book (artwork itself is not included, but there are links to them), and based on what I've seen of it, I recommend it. I intend to use it throughout our homeschooling years." Moderator of the Ora Et Labora Catholic homeschooling forum

I am a junior in the theology program at Franciscan University of Steubenville, formerly in the Catechetics program... I have your book Artfully Teaching the Faith and I absolutely love it! - Gretchen Klein