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"This duality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versus passion, or mind and the 'unconscious.' There are moments in each of our lives when our verbal-intellect suggests one course, and our 'heart' or intuition, another."
- Robert
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| | | |  | | | Product Details
 Format: Hardcover, 95 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 0060193360
Release Date: Jan 10, 1999
| |  | | | In Brief
Just in time for the holidays, Sister Wendy turns her unique blend of artistic and spiritual knowledge to an all-new volume of stunning images featured in illuminated manuscripts from the Vatican and Italian State Libraries -- many of which have not been seen by the public for centuries.
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Sister Wendy's Nativity looks anew at the Christmas story and invites us to consider the true significance of Christ's life. Her personal selection of over 40 beautiful paintings from manuscripts held by the Vatican and Italian State Libraries (many seen here for the first time) illustrate stories that are familiar to us all, yet whose significance is so often elusive.
Sister Wendy begins the story by looking at the events that proceeded the birth of Christ—the Creation, the Garden of Eden, the Annunciation, the Visitation leading us to the Nativity story itself—the birth in the stable, the shepherds, the magi. The story continues with much-loved episodes from Christ's time on earth—the Feeding of the five thousand, Peter walking on the water. The last Supper. Finally, she reflects upon the meaning of the crucifixion, resurrection and Christ's eventual ascension into heaven to embrace eternal life.
The charming, provocative and often humorous illustrations in this book are the testament of artists who dedicated their lives to producing paintings in praise of God. Sister Wendy blends her artistic knowledge with her spiritual insight in order to help us understand the meaning contained for all of us in their exquisite pictures.
Author Biography: Sister Wendy Beckett is a Carmelite nun and the popular host of a variety of BBC television series, including Sister Wendy's Odyssey,Sister Wendy's Grand tour, and The Story of Painting. She is rapidly becoming familiar to American audiences through her programs here on public television. She is the author of a number of books, including The Mystical Now: Art andthe Sacred, A Children's Book of Prayer in Art, and The Gaze of Love. Born in South Africa, raised in Scotland, and educated at Oxford University, Sister Wendy currently resides in a hermitage in Norfolk, England.
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