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Sister Wendy Beckett (1930–2018)

Författare till Bonniers stora bok om måleriets historia

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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 visa mer 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) visa färre
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Verk av Sister Wendy Beckett

Bonniers stora bok om måleriets historia (1994) — Författare — 1,005 exemplar
A Child's Book of Prayer in Art (1995) 394 exemplar
Sister Wendy's Book of Saints (1998) 173 exemplar
Sister Wendy's Book of Meditations (1998) — Författare — 115 exemplar
Sister Wendy on Prayer (2006) 106 exemplar
Sister Wendy's Nativity (1656) 102 exemplar
Speaking to the Heart: 100 Favorite Poems (2006) — Författare — 36 exemplar
Sister Wendy's Bible Treasury (2012) 32 exemplar
In the Midst of Chaos, Peace (1999) 28 exemplar
Contemporary Women Artists (1988) 26 exemplar
Sister Wendy's Book of Muses (2000) 25 exemplar
Art and the Sacred (1992) 20 exemplar
Spiritual Letters (2013) 19 exemplar
Living the Lord's Prayer (2008) 17 exemplar
Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1992) 4 exemplar
Toulky světem malířství (2001) 4 exemplar
Michael Gow's Away (1993) 3 exemplar
Historia del arte 1 exemplar
Odyssey 1 exemplar
Art in Worship (1991) 1 exemplar
Jesus 2000 1 exemplar

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Sermons for Advent and the Christmas Season (1909) — Översättare, vissa utgåvor51 exemplar
Sermons on the final verses of the Song of Songs (1982) — Översättare, vissa utgåvor; Översättare — 11 exemplar

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SrMaryLea | 1 annan recension | 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 andra recensioner | Aug 12, 2023 |
Great art, ancient and modern, well presented, well explained by Beckett.
 
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Allan Palmer Director
John Hooper Director
Ben Fox Director
David Kremer Director
Gwen Edmonds Senior editor
Derek Jacobi Narrator
Justin Pumfrey Photographer
Chris Andrews Photographer

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Verk
85
Även av
5
Medlemmar
3,851
Popularitet
#6,580
Betyg
4.1
Recensioner
42
ISBN
193
Språk
15

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