Classics Considered

by Marian H

Easter

  • Holy Week – Jesus in Art

    Holy Week – Jesus in Art

    In recent years, I’ve come across some striking portrayals of Jesus and amassed a small collection. My favorite visual rendition of Christ is the faceless one in the movie Ben-Hur (1959), but these paintings achieve a similar effect of reverent mystery, at least to my mind. First, one I have shared before by Ivan Kramskoi. Continue reading

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  • Holy Saturday

    For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed Continue reading

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Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.

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