Ben Quash
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Professor of Christianity and the Arts
King's College London
Joined October 2013
Alma Thomas asserts that 'Colour is life … for a world without colour appears to us as dead. Colours are the children of light…. Light, the first phenomenon of the world, reveals to us the spirit and living soul of the world, through colours.' Read about her work in this
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The graphic artist M.C. Escher developed his own distinctive strategies for depicting the infinite by way of the finite, a theme central to #Isaiah 40, the subject of this week's exhibition. Click here to take a closer look: https://t.co/qbxEnzh5WN
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Advent is coming! Make sure to sign up to the @TheVCS advent calendar to receiving reflections on passages of scripture through works of art each day in your inbox.
Exhibition of the Week subscribers will receive weekly VCS #Advent emails starting on Monday the 1st of December. Each of the four weeks will have a different theme, starting with Hope, then Peace, followed by Joy, and ending with Love in the week of #Christmas.
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Exhibition of the Week subscribers will receive weekly VCS #Advent emails starting on Monday the 1st of December. Each of the four weeks will have a different theme, starting with Hope, then Peace, followed by Joy, and ending with Love in the week of #Christmas.
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At top left of this page from the Trinity Apocalypse, John sleeps on Patmos. Above him, an angel stands holding a banderole inscribed with the words ‘What you see, write to seven churches’. To the right of this episode, we see architectural representations of the seven churches.
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Below, John turns, book in hand, to see a face speaking from a cloud, instructing him to write what he sees and to send it to the churches. To the right of this, John is shown again, prostrate before Jesus, who is standing amidst seven golden lampstands.
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Take a closer look at one of the finest of Medieval English Revelation manuscripts in this week's exhibition: https://t.co/bL4wq2iCzo
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Exhibition: John on Patmos (Revelation 1:1–11). Featuring works of art by Titian, Unknown Anglo-Norman illuminator and Diego Velázquez. Commentaries by Harry O. Maier.
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Velázquez paints John experiencing a vision of the woman of Revelation 12:1–4, with the moon and the stars and the dragon waiting to devour her child. Take a closer look in our exhibition of the week: https://t.co/Bup3feAKud
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The opening verses of Revelation take us to Patmos to behold, with John, the Jesus who will come with clouds. This week's exhibition considers Revelation 1:1–11: https://t.co/ZPJWy9XMk6
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In Titian's painting, we behold the instant when John ‘in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day heard a loud voice like a trumpet’ behind him. Find out more in this week's exhibition on #Revelation 1: https://t.co/gu6jI3uZKN
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The author of Hebrews is particularly concerned to explain how faith in Jesus as saviour fits together with God’s self-revelation to Israel in the past. Read the comparative commentary for this week's exhibition: https://t.co/RGMA7DdXPz
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The theme of Sabbath rest is central to the argument of #Hebrews 4, and is beautifully illustrated in this painting by the early twentieth century Polish Jewish artist Jankel Adler. Take a closer look in this week's exhibition: https://t.co/qr89QTSPXo
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Jesus went through an experience of being tested in the wilderness. This period of temptation by the devil is depicted in Briton Rivière’s oil painting, now in London’s Guildhall Art Gallery. Take a closer look in our exhibition on #Hebrews 3–4: https://t.co/fDr99Vv8FQ
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Delighted to be back up on the @TheVCS with some meditations on images of self-portraiture in connection with Matthew 6. https://t.co/owlvWAOoPQ
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Exhibition: Do Not Let Your Left Hand Know (Matthew 6:1–8; 16–18). Featuring works of art by Gustave Doré, Giuseppe Penone and Unknown artist. Commentaries by Jacob Phillips.
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This stained-glass window on the island of Anglesey depicts Moses as he stands in relation to Christ. Find out more about the relationship between Jesus and central figures in the Jewish Scriptures in this week's exhibition, Faithful in all God’s House: https://t.co/p3q5W8QEdu
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The meeting between Abraham and Melchizedek arises from a political and military incident which becomes a sacred experience. Find out more in this week's exhibition, Melchizedek, Abraham, Bread, and Wine: https://t.co/TMtdh4wVmI
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The design of this chalice and paten remind the Christian worshipper of Abraham’s meeting with Melchizedek. The bread and wine once offered by the priest-king of Salem to Abraham are now offered by Christ the heavenly high priest to his worshippers. https://t.co/Z1W0iJlUvb
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Who is Melchizedek the mysterious priest-king from Salem? Why does he bring bread and wine to Abraham? And why does Abraham offer him a tithe from his plunder? Find out more in this week's exhibition and take a closer look at Rubens' painting: https://t.co/hPWM2ZmSL4
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