Blog Forsaken: On Good Friday On this day, we remember the unjust murder of an innocent man. And he wasn’t…Katie KresserApril 2, 2021
Blog For Palm Sunday: Pushing Through Crowds We know ourselves by what is reflected back at us. We see ourselves in the…Katie KresserMarch 26, 2021
Blog Armor, literal and figurative: On Pontius Pilate and the Artist Raphael In 1505, the Renaissance artist Raphael Sanzio lavished his skill on a subject rather out-of-date:…Katie KresserMarch 15, 2021
Blog For Ash Wednesday: On Clean Pain It’s Ash Wednesday, a time of repentance, and I’m put in mind of an artist…Katie KresserFebruary 17, 2021
Blog Bodies, Beauty and Time: On Michelangelo Contemporary culture is obsessed with the human body. It (that is, the body) carries so…Katie KresserFebruary 10, 2021
Blog Luxuriant (at Christmastime) In gray Seattle, it’s easy to feel a sense of mystery as you walk the…Katie KresserDecember 21, 2020
Blog More Than (Art and Orthodoxy) In the early centuries after Christ, myriad heresies peeled free of the doctrinal core, curling…Katie KresserDecember 7, 2020
Blog On The Holy, In Autumn Recently, I visited a Japanese garden with my students. It was a good way to…Katie KresserNovember 9, 2020
Blog On Museums and Monsters: Defining Art What is art? I have my students answer this question every autumn, and every autumn…Katie KresserOctober 12, 2020
Blog Teaching Culture in Covidtide A new school year is beginning, and I’m thinking about how to teach cultural history. There…Katie KresserSeptember 2, 2020
Review Essays Art and Theology—A Review Essay Katie Kresser is Associate Professor of Art History at Seattle Pacific University. This essay treats…Katie KresserOctober 15, 2013