{"product_id":"the-art-of-lent-a-painting-a-day-from-ash-wednesday-to-easter-9781514004265","title":"The Art of Lent: A Painting a Day from Ash Wednesday to Easter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis delightful book describes and interprets a series of forty full-color paintings for each day of Lent.\u003c\/b\u003e Artists often address subjects that our culture seeks to avoid, and the brilliant and perceptive reflections from nun and art historian Sister Wendy Beckett will help you to read these paintings with a more discerning eye and encounter deeper levels of spiritual meaning than may at first appear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSister Wendy Beckett (1930-2018) was a Carmelite nun and art historian who became world famous in the 1990s when she presented a series of BBC documentaries on the history of painting. She studied for her degree in English at St. Anne's College, Oxford, where she graduated with highest honors. After teaching in South Africa, she returned to England in 1970 to live a fully contemplative life under the protection of a Carmelite monastery in Norfolk. She was the author of over thirty books on Christian art, including the internationally bestselling book, The Story of Painting.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP Formatio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50585266323730,"sku":"9781514004265","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7dab0269-670d-42bd-bf55-641fc7a4300c.jpg?v=1732037316","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-art-of-lent-a-painting-a-day-from-ash-wednesday-to-easter-9781514004265","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}