Modern artist cast a new light on the Annunciation and reach a new generation who are perhaps turned off by some sentimental, pious art.
Gottfried Helnwein
“And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.
The Annunciation 1886-96 – James Jacques Joseph Tissot
And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of 
grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
Who having heard, was troubled at his saying, and thought with herself what manner of salutation this should be. And the angel said to her: Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found grace with God.
The Annunciation – Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the most High;
and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father; he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever. And of his kingdom there shall be no end.
And behold thy cousin Elizabeth, she also hath conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her that is called barren:
by HolyWaterColor
Because no word shall be impossible with God. And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.” -Luke 1:26-38
Henry Ossawa Tanner
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Oh, I love some (especially the HolyWater, Tanner, and Tissot) and dislike some of the others. Some of those modern ones either reduce the stature of the situation or trivialize it. But I always enjoy your blogs on art, Melanie.
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well said- and I think I have to agree with you, especially since I have had contact with the Artist who paints under the title of Holy Water- a humble, prayerful man
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I’m not a regular reader. However, I teach an art class at my parish and I happened to run across your page. It’s lovely to see contemporary Catholic art brought together in this format. However, as a word of caution, the James C. Christensen piece is a work by a Mormon artist.
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and here I thought I could spot Mormon art mile away- thank you; I will delete it
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Lol, I know what you mean! Artist from Brigham Young University have a very distinct flair. I spotted the work right away because it initially tricked me as well. I had it under consideration for inclusion in my class. When I ran my usual double check on the artist’s whose work we would be looking at, I found good old BYU in the artist bio. Arg!!
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I help edit the Pinterest board called AWESTRUCK during the evening while the owner, a woman from South Africa, is asleep. Our biggest beef is how LDS art has infiltrated Catholic sites. It DOES have a certain feel, a lack of a sense of the Divine… I can’t quite verbalize it but YOU know what I mean. And there is s much of it, probably they have the money to back artists.
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Why did you neglect to credit the artist of each work of art?
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