ST JOHN THE BAPTIST FROM BIRTH TO BEHEADING. National Gallery & Kings College 10 Short Videos 10 minutes each 1-10

 

Episode 1 | Introduction |

 John the Baptist: From Birth to Beheading

Hello friends! 

This is one of my favorite St. John celebrations, as an admin of Anthroposophy & Art on Facebook  I have posted this every St. Johns for years. I hope you grow to love it as well. Click Link above to view!

In conjuction with Kings College & the National Gallery -these remarkable 10 short ten minute videos lead us around the most beautiful paintings of St. Johns story. 

Not only that, the two professors show us how to "read" a painting, such a Delight! 

Happy St. Johns

cheers

Kristena

Who was John the Baptist and why has he been so important to artists and patrons over the centuries? In this first of 10 films, art historian Jennifer Sliwka and theologian Ben Quash introduce us to this pivotal figure in the Biblical story, and reveal the ways he can immediately be recognised in works of art. This episode takes a close look at two National Gallery masterpieces, Carlo Crivelli's 'The Demidoff Altarpiece' 1476 and Piero della Francesca's 'The Baptism of Christ', 1450s. 'John the Baptist: From Birth to Beheading' is a series of 10 films sharing the highlights of the collaborative MA course taught by Dr Jennifer Sliwka, Howard and Roberta Ahmanson Fellow in Art and Religion at the National Gallery and Professor Ben Quash, Director of the Centre for Arts and the Sacred, King's College London.

Pablo Picasso: A Bitter Confession

 

A statement made by Picasso which was in an interview that appeared in Libero Nero in 1952. The Maestro said:

"In art the mass of people no longer seeks consolation and
exaltation but those who are refined, rich, unoccupied, who are
distillers of quintessences, seek what is new, strange, original,
extravagant, scandalous. 

I myself since Cubism and before, have satisfied these masters and critics with the changing oddities which passed through my head and the less they understood me, the more they admired me! By amusing myself with all these games, with all these absurdities, puzzles, rabuses, arabesques, I became famous and that very quickly. 

And fame for a painter means sales, fortune, riches. And today, as you know, I am celebrated, I am rich. 

But when I am alone with myself, I have not the courage to think of myself as an artist in the great and ancient sense of the term. Giotto, Titian, Rembrandt were great painters. 

I am only a public entertainer who has understood his times and exploited as best he could the imbecility, the vanity, the cupidity of his contemporaries. Mine is a bitter confession, more painful than it may appear, but it has the merit of being sincere."

Patricia Dickson Advanced Studies Sangetsu School of Ikebana: June 23

Patricia Dickson, a teacher of the Sangetsu School of Ikebana for 43 years, achieved her certification in Japan and will give several demonstrations and lectures at the Sangetsu School conference in Vancouver, Canada. 

Her specialty is in the oldest styles of the Sangetsu School and she will be teaching the advanced studies to teachers of the school.

 

Art & Healing: How Esoteric Dreamwork can Gift Your Creative Life with Glimpses of Karma

 Kristena introduces the treasures behind Esoteric or the "hidden" Mystery Wisdom inherent in the ancient art of dreamwork. In the realm of esoteric practices, dreamwork can give us glimpses of our future or karma. Kristena shares a painting inspired by a dream she had when a teenager and explores the precognitive aspects and how the definitions of the dream-painting kept unpacking over time, revealing the relevance only 25 years later!

 Just as the alchemist seeks to transmute base metals into precious ones, practitioners of esoteric dreamwork delve into their dreams to uncover untapped creative potential. Everyone can access a wellspring of inspiration that transcends the limitations of waking thought, allowing for a profound expansion of both artistic expression and self-awareness. Moreover, esoteric dreamwork offers a unique path to personal evolution by integrating the lessons and revelations gleaned from the dream world into daily life. Based on Rudolf Steiner's How to Know Higher Worlds.

Through these practical techniques of dream incubation, journaling, and sacred sleep meditations, individuals can cultivate a heightened state of awareness or build their Dream Body-that crosses the threshold of sleep into Other states of consciousness. The added bonus for creatives, is many artists and writers have been inspired by dreams and Kristena shares some of these stories. 

Kristena West M.A. has been teaching Dreamwork since the early 90's and brings years of shamanic and Western Mystery traditions training and safe tried and tested techniques. She has written two books, Alchemy the Magical Arts of the Union of Soul; 1998 and Olaf Asteson a Holy Nights Dream Art workbook; 2019. Kristena is on the council of N.A. Visual Art Section.

www.KristenaWestArt.com

AnthrOArt Painting classes Van James June 14 in US and June 15 in Asia (and down under).

Next online series of AnthrOArt Painting classes beginning: June 14 in US and June 15 in Asia (and down under).

Continuing with RS training sketches and concluding in the autumn with the four large watercolors. November will see another in-person session at Shan Mei Zhen in Taichung, Taiwan.

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