Böcker av Wendy Beckett

Bonniers stora bok om måleriets historia

''Bonniers stora bok om måleriets historia'' är en storslagen krönika över det västerländska måleriet och dess mästare. En inledande sammanfattning över måleriets historia följs av en utförlig presentation av de betydande konststilarna och konstnä...

Encounters with God - In Quest of the Ancient Icons of Mary

Sister Wendy leads us on a 'pilgrimage of desire' to view the earliest surviving Icons of Mary. 'These early images of Mary seem to me to have the power to shock us out of our complacency, to make us look anew at what the birth of Jesus meant, and...

Sister Wendy's Sistine Chapel - Vatican Audio Tour

Sister Wendy's Bible Treasury: Stories and Wisdom Through the Eyes of Great Painters

Beckett takes readers on a journey into the heart of the Bible and of biblical art. Art lovers and scholars will want to turn to it again and again.

Sister Wendy's Bible Treasury - Stories and Wisdom Through the Eyes of Great Painters

Sister Wendy's Bible Treasury - Stories and wisdom through the eyes of great painters

The Bible contains some of the greatest stories and teachings of all time. It is also the inspiration for some of the greatest pictures ever painted. Sister Wendys Bible Treasury captures some of the Bibles most dramatic scenes and memorable chara...

Sister Wendy on Prayer

Sister Wendy Beckett, adored and renowned art historian, has spent years in silence and contemplation in her calling as a nun. Her celebrated television specials and books about art have led her many admirers to ask about her own faith and practic...

Sister Wendy's Meditations on the Mysteries of Our Faith

Using inspirational text and images, art expert Sister Wendy Beckett joins forces with Duccio di Buoninsegna (c. 1255-1319), the first of the Great Italian renaissance painters, to offer a privileged meditation into the story of our salvation in C...

The Art of Faith - A Lenten Journey Through Duccio's Maesta

The Art of Mary - A Celebration in Icons

The Art of Saints - A Celebration of Holy Men and Women

Sister Wendy Contemplates Saint Paul In Art

Sixteen centuries of Christian art and history are covered by the 40 images of St Paul that Sister Wendy has chosen to lead us into the minds of the artists and into the very heart of St Paul. The images and commentaries are divided into two group...

Sister Wendy Contemplates the Iconic Jesus

This latest book from Sister Wendy, like its companion volume Saint Paul in Art, enables us to share some of the great insights into the scriptures that she has gained from a life spent in prayer. The Iconic Jesus , as the title suggests, introduc...

The Christ Journey - Sister Wendy Beckett Reflects on the Art of Greg Tricker

The 34 pieces of art featured in this book will form the content of an exhibition of Greg Tricker's work to be held in Westminster Cathedral, London from 26 September to 15 October 2011, some of the pieces having previously been on display earlier...

Real Presence: In Search of the Earliest Icons - Sister Wendy on the Earliest Icons

Originally published: London: Continuum International Pub. Group, 2010.

Bernadette of Lourdes - Paintings and Sculptures by Greg Tricker

This inspiring collection of over 50 of his paintings and stone carvings portrays the suffering, joy and innocence of St Bernadette, a poor shepherdess who had miraculous visitations from the Virgin Mary at Lourdes in 1858. These visionary paintin...

Sister Wendy on Prayer - Biographical Introduction by David Willcock

Sister Wendy, who has been dedicated to a life of prayer for more than half a century, has always resisted writing a book on the subject. Her reasons mix humility with a conviction that prayer is simple: books about prayer can be a dangerous distr...

The Art of Christmas - A Journey in Paintings Through Advent and Christmas

Joy Lasts - On the Spiritual in Art

Sister Wendy Beckett is one of the best-known art historians in the world today. In "Joy Lasts", she explores her reactions to a painting that she finds uniquely compelling: the haunting Christ on the Cross by El Greco. As she candidly a...

In the Midst of Chaos, Peace - Reflections by Sister Wendy Beckett

In response to Pope John Paul's recent letter to artists to promote the Catholic faith through "artistic evangelization", three well-known names in the field of sacred art have collaborated to produce this beautiful art book filled with ...

Spiritual Letters

Apart from her celebrity status as 'the art nun', generated by her television programmes, Sister Wendy has been approached throughout her life for counsel on the spiritual life and the life of prayer. Here, for the first time, are collected some o...

Real Presence - Sister Wendy on the Earliest Icons

This is a powerful devotional study of all existing pre-Iconoclastic icons that are still readable. In "Encounters with God Sister", Wendy Beckett traveled to remote churches and monasteries to view the earliest icons of Mary. In "R...

Real Presence

In Encounters with God Sister Wendy Beckett travelled to remote churches and monasteries to view the earliest icons of Mary. In Real Presence she resumes this journey to see additional early icons of Jesus and the saints - icons that are among the...

Child's Book of Prayer in Art

"...introduces children to art as a means of discovering faith... this is a remarkable book, not only for its innate spirituality and wisdom, but also for its harmonious partnership of great art and astute interpretation". -- Booklist

NYC Angels: Flirting with Danger / NYC Angels: Tempting Nurse Scarlet - Flirting with Danger / NYC Angels: Temting Nurse Scarlet

NYC ANGELS: Flirting with Danger Dr Brad Davis's success with women is the talk of Manhattan's 'Angel's' Children's Hospital, but even he knows that Nurse Chloe Jenkins, his best friend's little sister, is offlimits. But when she shows up on his d...

Bonniers stora bok om måleriets historia

''Bonniers stora bok om måleriets historia'' är en storslagen krönika över det västerländska måleriet och dess mästare. En inledande sammanfattning över måleriets historia följs av en utförlig presentation av de betydande konststilarna och konstnä...