In 1863, five years before his death at age 86, the French painter J-A-D Ingres…
Katie KresserOctober 11, 2021
Whatever rises must fall. Birds return to the forests of their birth, and salmon to…
Katie KresserAugust 10, 2021
Editor's Note: Due to an early morning link problem with the e-mail sent Thursday, we…
Katie KresserJuly 22, 2021
Professional art historians are among the luckiest of God’s children. Our vocations consist in the…
Katie KresserJuly 1, 2021
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (usually just called Caravaggio) was always hiding. He left his family…
Katie KresserApril 29, 2021
On this day, we remember the unjust murder of an innocent man. And he wasn’t…
Katie KresserApril 2, 2021
We know ourselves by what is reflected back at us. We see ourselves in the…
Katie KresserMarch 26, 2021
In 1505, the Renaissance artist Raphael Sanzio lavished his skill on a subject rather out-of-date:…
Katie KresserMarch 15, 2021
It’s Ash Wednesday, a time of repentance, and I’m put in mind of an artist…
Katie KresserFebruary 17, 2021
Contemporary culture is obsessed with the human body. It (that is, the body) carries so…
Katie KresserFebruary 10, 2021
In gray Seattle, it’s easy to feel a sense of mystery as you walk the…
Katie KresserDecember 21, 2020
In the early centuries after Christ, myriad heresies peeled free of the doctrinal core, curling…
Katie KresserDecember 7, 2020
Recently, I visited a Japanese garden with my students. It was a good way to…
Katie KresserNovember 9, 2020
What is art? I have my students answer this question every autumn, and every autumn…
Katie KresserOctober 12, 2020
A new school year is beginning, and I’m thinking about how to teach cultural history. There…
Katie KresserSeptember 2, 2020
Katie Kresser is Associate Professor of Art History at Seattle Pacific University. This essay treats…
Katie KresserOctober 15, 2013
Reviewed by Katie Kresser, Department of Art, Seattle Pacific University The title Earthly Visions: Theology…
Katie KresserJuly 15, 2012
