Messiah: Lenten Art Devotions and Art Prints Volume I
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Included in this 16-page Lenten Art Devotion guide are:
- six carefully-curated paintings chosen from the 19th century to add art contemplation to your Lenten traditions. Artist, title, medium, size, and current location information is printed next to the painting.
- Bible verses, a hymn, and a poem to accompany each painting.
- a resource section at the end with links to sheet music and audio files of each hymn.
- printable versions of each piece if you’d like to print at home are included with the PDF option.
(Please note that the guide does not include information about the paintings themselves and is not meant to be used as a traditional picture study. My vision for this was not to offer more academic opportunities, but rather more possibilities for contemplation and meditation.)
There is also an option to order separate, professionally-printed copies of each piece in the drop-down menu below as well. These are printed on durable, 16#, smooth-finish paper and display beautifully. Please note that the prints do not include the Lenten Art Devotions PDF download – this is a separate purchase.
The pieces offered are:
- Christ in the Wilderness – Ivan Kramskoi (1872)
- Jesus and Nicodemus – Henry Ossawa Tanner (1899)
- Christ and the Woman of Samaria – Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin (1894)
- The Blind Man at the Pool of Siloam – Edmund Blair Leighton (1879)
- The Raising of Lazarus – Eduard von Gebhardt (1896)
- The Kiss of Judas – James Tissot (1886-1894)
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Lent is a time of contemplation.
During these 40 days, we contemplate Jesus’s life on earth. The precious three years of His active ministry in which He gave us His sacred words, His healing, as well as His beautiful example of love. He showed us how to live. We meditate on His life and His sacrifice, and we enter into self-reflection to discover what might be holding us back from living His way.
As with Advent, we already know what is coming. We enter this season, however, not anticipating a birth, but rather waiting for a death. As Jesus did so long ago, we know that this story includes overwhelming grief. And pain. And blood. And as with His birth, His death was unexpected. A shock to those who had followed Him. And our Hallelujahs are silenced. Christ has died.
But though the story includes a death, it doesn’t end there and that is the miracle of Easter. That is the beauty of the Resurrection. Our grief gives way to overwhelming relief. To joy. To thankfulness. The Messiah has come. Christ has risen. Death has been defeated. A new way of living and a new freedom from the slavery of sin is His gift to us.
And though He has ascended into heaven again, we know that He will once again come back to us. That His Resurrection wasn’t His final appearance here. Christ will come again.
Art can have a way of allowing us true contemplation. To notice details and immerse ourselves in a story. To let that example soak into our hearts and minds. If you so choose, from this guide and the accompanying prints, feel free to display an individual print during each week of Lent and present it with the readings provided. Or, feel at liberty to explore other ways to include the art in your Lent traditions.
May these Lenten art devotions allow you to contemplate the time of Jesus’s ministry here on earth and immerse yourself in the beauty of His love for us.
18 reviews for Messiah: Lenten Art Devotions and Art Prints Volume I
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I appreciate the work put into this packet- the readings, hymns, and poetry that go week by week with the artwork, and (happily!) correspond with the Lent themes of my church lectionary each week. Everything is top notch quality. It serves as a nice break in our regular artist/picture study as well. I hope to purchase the next set next year, and carry on using these. Thank you!
beautiful art
We really miss the artistist bios. Learning about them, and maybe even their spiritual walk is so helpful in connecting us to the art. Even maybe art prompt of trying to recreate the art, questions to ponder about the art, the hymn history (which several hymns I couldn’t access anyone actually signing it). I don’t think it takes away from the Christ focus, but would connect us more to the art and what the God was doing in the artist.
Thank you for your feedback, Jessica. I mentioned in the description that my intention for these Art Devotions really was to just allow a time for quiet contemplation and focusing on what is happening in the painting rather than adding any kind of additional art study during the season of Lent which is why they do not include artist biographies or discussion points about the art.