Sister Wendy Beckett (1930–2018)
Teoksen Sisar Wendyn taidematka länsimaisen maalaustaiteen historiaan tekijä
Tietoja tekijästä
Wendy Mary Beckett was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on February 25, 1930. At the age of 16, she joined the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, a teaching order, as Sister Michael of St. Peter. She became Sister Wendy after Vatican reforms relaxed formalities. She studied literature at Oxford näytä lisää University in the early 1950s. After returning to South Africa, she taught for 15 years at a Cape Town convent and later lectured at Johannesburg's University of Witwatersrand. After suffering three grand mal seizures and learning that she had a form of epilepsy, she received Vatican consent to give up teaching for a life of solitude. In 1970, she returned to England and moved into the trailer at the Carmelite Monastery. She wrote approximately 25 books art and religion including Contemporary Women Artists and Sister Wendy on Prayer. In 1991, a BBC producer persuaded her to do a documentary about Britain's National Gallery, talking about its paintings. She went on to star in several more BBC documentaries including Sister Wendy's Odyssey, Sister Wendy's Grand Tour, and Sister Wendy's Story of Painting. She assigned all her earnings to the Carmelite order that sheltered her. She died on December 26, 2018 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
Image credit: Sister Wendy Beckett
Tekijän teokset
Joy Lasts: On the Spiritual in Art (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum) (2006) 25 kappaletta
Sister Wendy: The Complete Collection: Story of Painting / Grand Tour / Odyssey / Pains of Glass (2002) 18 kappaletta
The Art of Holy Week and Easter: Meditations on the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus (2021) 16 kappaletta
Sister Wendy at the Norton Simon 2 kappaletta
Chid's Book of Prayer in Art 1 kappale
Le livre d'or des valeurs 1 kappale
Historia del arte 1 kappale
Meditations on Peace 1 kappale
Odyssey 1 kappale
Sister Wendy's American Collection: The Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth Texas [videorecording] 1 kappale
Jesus 2000 1 kappale
Associated Works
Sermons on the final verses of the Song of Songs (1982) — Kääntäjä, eräät painokset; Kääntäjä — 11 kappaletta
Sermons on the Final Verses of the Songs of Songs: Sermons 83-100 (Cistercian Fathers Series) (1984) — Kääntäjä, eräät painokset — 5 kappaletta
Sky-blue Is the Sapphire Crimson the Rose: Stillpoint of Desire in John of Forde (Cistercian Fathers Series) (2006) — Kääntäjä, eräät painokset — 4 kappaletta
Sermons on the Final Verses of the Song of Songs Sermons 47-61 No. 44 (Cistercian Fathers Series) (1983) — Kääntäjä, eräät painokset — 4 kappaletta
Merkitty avainsanalla
Yleistieto
- Kanoninen nimi
- Beckett, Sister Wendy
- Virallinen nimi
- Beckett, Wendy Mary
- Muut nimet
- Sister Michael of St. Peter
- Syntymäaika
- 1930-02-25
- Kuolinaika
- 2018-12-26
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- South Africa
- Syntymäpaikka
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Kuolinpaikka
- East Harling, Norfolk, England, UK
- Asuinpaikat
- Quidenham, Norfolk, England, UK
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Cape Town, South Africa - Koulutus
- St Anne's College, University of Oxford (BA|1954)
Notre Dame College of Education (Dipl|1954) - Ammatit
- nun
art historian
teacher - Organisaatiot
- Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
Roman Catholic Church
University of Witwatersrand
Jäseniä
Kirja-arvosteluja
Listat
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