Jesus & Women:
Art, Drama, and Music
The following links supplement the spiritual growth study, Jesus and Courageous Women of the Bible.
General Background
Art
- The Doré Bible Illustrations:
http://clawww.lmu.edu/faculty/fjust/
- Gospels in Glass
The images provide a brief introduction to stained glass windows in Missouri’s churches. They are examples of different types of glass and artistic styles from a cross section of denominations and geographic areas.
- Hospitality Art Exhibit, St. Anthony Shrine
http://www.stanthonyshrine.org/art_exhibits/Hospitality_art.html
Multicultural and mostly contemporary art depicting themes of hospitality in the Bible, including the Wedding at Cana, the Woman at the Well, the Last Supper (with women), and Phoebe of Cenchrae celebrating the Eucharist.
- The Last Supper by Tintoretto
http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/t/tintoret/2religio/l_supper.html
Shows the presence of women and others not of the Twelve. Click on the image to see a larger version.
Drama
The Adulterous Woman
The Bleeding Woman and Jairus' Daughter
The Canaanite/Syrophoenician Woman
Mary and Martha
Art
Mary Magdalene
Art
- Art from Youth Study Book
http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/jesusandwomen/youth/adulterypics.stm#anoint
- Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, Saint and Sinner: Mary Magdalene in Art History, U.S. Catholic, April 2000
http://www.uscatholic.org/2000/04/0004cova.htm
That images of Mary Magdalene are identifiable from the beginnings of Christian art into the present is a sign of her critical importance in Christianity.... The transformations of her image are important for assessing the interpretations of this particular woman and of women in general in Christianity.
- Art and Images Related to John's Gospel: John 20-21
http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/faculty/fjust/John/Art20.html
compiled by Prof. Felix Just, S.J. - Loyola Marymount University
- Art Depicting Mary Magdalene, Artcyclopedia
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/scripts/tsearch.pl?t=mary+magdalene&type=2
Wait for the database to load and then click on the links
- Mary Magdalene Announces the Resurrection Printery House
http://www.printeryhouse.org/mall/Icons/Passion_Res/icc11.htm
A modern icon by Sr. Mary Charles McGough, O.S.B., of the Monastery of St. Scholastica
- Jesus and Mary
http://www.faithcentral.net.nz/inclass/art/sperstar.htm
Film clip from the movie, Jesus Christ Superstar
- Mary Magdaleine and Sophia with her daughters Faith, Love and Hope Imago: A Gallery of the Sacral and Spiritual
http://www.celtoslavica.de/imago/_Cividale.html
Fresco, 11th c. Museo Civico, Cividale di Friouli
- Mary Magdalene Gallery
http://www.magdalene.org/gallery.htm
Mary Magdalene has been depicted in the most popular art of the day for centuries. It is through this artistic representation that we can gather information about how she was perceived, and how that perception gradually shifted in one direction after another.
- Mary Magdalene: Links to Art The Text This Week
http://www.textweek.com/art/mary_magdalen.htm
- Mary Magdalene: Noli Me Tangere The Text This Week
http://www.textweek.com/art/noli_me_tangere.htm
- Portraits of Mary Magdalene
http://www.skidmore.edu/~ndenzey/re330_marys/mgallery1.htm
- Noli Me Tangere by Maurice Denis (French, 1870-1943)
http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/jesusandwomen/noli.stm
- Noli Me Tangere by Titian (Tiziano Vecellio, Italian, 1495-1576)
http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/jesusandwomen/nolititian.stm
- Risen Lord with Mary, Stained glass window in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Augusta, GA
http://saintpauls.org/page-14.htm
Drama
- Choral Reading of Gospels, Marys at the cross and resurrection
http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/jesusandwomen/choralreading.stm
- Mary P. Freier, Woman as Termagant in The Towneley Cycle, Essays in Medieval Studies.
http://www.luc.edu/publications/medieval/vol2/2ch9.html
The woman characters in the cycle plays are usually interpreted as termagants or saints.... However, a close and dispassionate reading of the Towneley Cycle shows that women are neither more nor less negatively presented than are men, and that the critics, in their zeal to convict others of misogyny, have in fact been reading with double standards. [scholarly article]
Music
- In the Garden by Charles Austin Miles (with midi music)
http://gbgm-umc.org/umwtest/jesusandwomen/itgarden.stm
I come to the garden alone
While the dew is still on the roses
Mary, Mother of Jesus
Art
- The Annunciation The Text This Week
http://www.textweek.com/art/annunciation.htm
Links to lots of art
- Art and Images related to John's Gospel: JOHN 1-3
http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/faculty/fjust/John/Art-1.html
Relevant images are of the Wedding at Cana. They have been compiled by Prof. Felix Just, S.J. - Loyola Marymount University.
- Contemporary Images of Mary, The Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/gallery/exhall.html
A great selection of samples of art of Mary that have been exhibited at the library. Background about the artist and information about the art is also included. Wait for all of the thumbnails to download.
- Galería de Imagenes de Nuestra Señora
http://www.sancta.org/gallery/index_s.html
- Marian Titles in the Popular Religiosity of Latin America, The Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/english.html
Includes art and background on each of the Marian titles.
- Mary and Baby Jesus by Richard West, Native American
http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/bible/jesusna.stm
- Our Lady of Guadelupe
http://www.sancta.org/gallery/
A variety of images of Mary as "Our Lady of Guadelupe"
- Lamentation/Deposition/Pieta
http://www.textweek.com/art/pieta.htm
Links to lots of art
- Madonna and Child/Holy Family, The Text This Week
http://www.textweek.com/art/holy_family.htm
Links to lots of art
- Nativity of Jesus, The Text This Week
http://www.textweek.com/art/nativity.htm
Links to lots of art
- Our Lady of Guadelupe
http://gbgm-umc.org/umwtest/jesusandwomen/images/ladyguadeloupe2.jpg
Modern metal sculpture, photo by Nancy A. Carter, 1981. Taken at the retreat center of the Sisters of Guadelupe of Christ the King in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
- Our Lady of Healing (Nuestra Señora de la Salud)
http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/bible/images/mary.jpg
Image at a Roman Catholic shrine in Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico.
- Pieta/Lamentation//Deposition/ The Text This Week
http://www.textweek.com/art/pieta.htm
Links to lots of art
- Spanish Virgin Mary Images
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Harbor/4858/mary_s/mary_s4.htm
Lots of photos of church art of the Virgin Mary in northern and southern Spain and some music (QuickTime format). Wait for all of the pictures to download.
- Visitation, The Text This Week
http://www.textweek.com/art/visitation.htm
Links to lots of art
- The Wedding at Cana, The Text This Week
http://www.textweek.com/art/wedding_at_cana.htm
Links to lots of art
Drama
- Choral Reading of Gospels, Marys at the cross and resurrection
http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/jesusandwomen/choralreading.stm
- Mary P. Freier, Woman as Termagant in The Towneley Cycle, Essays in Medieval Studies.
http://www.luc.edu/publications/medieval/vol2/2ch9.html
The woman characters in the cycle plays are usually interpreted as termagants or saints.... However, a close and dispassionate reading of the Towneley Cycle shows that women are neither more nor less negatively presented than are men, and that the critics, in their zeal to convict others of misogyny, have in fact been reading with double standards. [scholarly article]
Widow and the Unjust Judge
Woman of Samaria
Women at the Tomb
Disclaimer: Some links jump to outside sites. Links do not constitute an endorsement by the Women's Division of the information on other web sites. External web sites offer us diverse perspectives; afford us an opportunity to compare them to United Methodist positions; and, encourage us to critically analyze the issues raised by the Jesus and Courageous Women web pages.
