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Sister Wendy Beckett (1930–2018)

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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
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Tekijän teokset

Sister Wendy's 1000 Masterpieces (1999) 414 kappaletta
A Child's Book of Prayer in Art (1995) 394 kappaletta
Sister Wendy's Book of Saints (1998) 173 kappaletta
Sister Wendy's Book of Meditations (1998) — Tekijä — 115 kappaletta
Sister Wendy on Prayer (2006) 106 kappaletta
Sister Wendy's Nativity (1656) 103 kappaletta
Sister Wendy's Meditations on Joy (1995) 51 kappaletta
Speaking to the Heart: 100 Favorite Poems (2006) — Tekijä — 36 kappaletta
Sister Wendy's Bible Treasury (2012) 32 kappaletta
In the Midst of Chaos, Peace (1999) 28 kappaletta
Contemporary Women Artists (1988) 26 kappaletta
Sister Wendy's Book of Muses (2000) 25 kappaletta
Art and the Sacred (1992) 20 kappaletta
Spiritual Letters (2013) 19 kappaletta
Living the Lord's Prayer (2008) 17 kappaletta
Sister Wendy on the Art of Mary (2013) 11 kappaletta
Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1992) 4 kappaletta
Toulky světem malířství (2001) 4 kappaletta
Michael Gow's Away (1993) 3 kappaletta
Odyssey 1 kappale
Art in Worship (1991) 1 kappale
Jesus 2000 1 kappale

Associated Works

Sermons for Advent and the Christmas Season (1909) — Kääntäjä, eräät painokset51 kappaletta
Sermons on the final verses of the Song of Songs (1982) — Kääntäjä, eräät painokset; Kääntäjä — 11 kappaletta

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SrMaryLea | 1 muu arvostelu | Aug 23, 2023 |
 
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SrMaryLea | Aug 23, 2023 |
Beckett has a very good way of explaining how she feels about an understands a painting.
 
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mykl-s | 4 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Aug 12, 2023 |
Great art, ancient and modern, well presented, well explained by Beckett.
 
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