A few days after Easter, the Wall Street Journal published a story titled “Our Many…
Katie KresserMay 10, 2023
In the Seattle Art Museum, there is a little painting that often perplexes my students.…
Katie KresserApril 7, 2023
Albrecht Durer, Rock Study, ca. 1497, Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria In a memorable exchange from…
Katie KresserMarch 3, 2023
John Everett Millais, A Huguenot, on St. Bartholomew’s Day, 1852 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Huguenot,_on_St._Bartholomew%27s_Day In 1852, the pious…
Katie KresserFebruary 14, 2023
This December, in her Language Arts class, my fifth grader is retelling the Christmas story.…
Katie KresserDecember 19, 2022
(John Everett Millais - Blind Girl)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blind_Girl#/media/File:John_Everett_Millais_-_The_Blind_Girl,_1854-56.jpg In 1856, the British artist John Everett Millais painted…
Katie KresserNovember 18, 2022
In the mythology of modern art, there are a few old chestnuts that get repeated…
Katie KresserOctober 21, 2022
In my life, there’s a lot of beating up going on. Personally, there’s the matter…
Katie KresserSeptember 13, 2022
In my role as an Art History professor at Seattle Pacific University, I have accompanied…
Katie KresserAugust 4, 2022
It may be hard to imagine, but before around 1800, almost every human product in…
Katie KresserJuly 15, 2022
How, indeed, do we create into “our own Ground Zero realities?” In his thoughtful response…
Katie KresserJuly 15, 2022
Do buildings push your buttons? How does it feel to walk down a city street…
Katie KresserMay 19, 2022
Everything is compromised. Nothing is worthy. Strip it down, strip it down. Take off the…
Katie KresserApril 12, 2022
I’ve been teaching college students for almost 16 years. Make that 20 years, if you…
Katie KresserFebruary 14, 2022
As we celebrate the New Year, we commemorate the passage of the old. In the…
Katie KresserJanuary 18, 2022
Fra Angelico, The Nativity, Basilica di San Marco, Florence, 1441, https://www.wikiart.org/en/fra-angelico/nativity-1441 It is very difficult, today, for…
Katie KresserDecember 17, 2021
Icon of the Visitation https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-visitation-icon-samuel-epperly.html Pantokrator icon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Pantocrator_(Sinai)#/media/File:Spas_vsederzhitel_sinay.jpg Among all the manifestations of Christ’s church, the…
Katie KresserDecember 10, 2021
Simone Martini, The Annunciation with Sts. Margaret and Ansanus, early 14th c., Uffizi Gallery, https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/annunciation-with-st-margaret-and-st-ansanus Also, Henry Ossawa Tanner, The…
Katie KresserDecember 3, 2021
(Choirs of Angels, Scivias I.6, https://arthistoryproject.com/artists/hildegard-von-bingen/scivias-i.6-the-choirs-of-angels/) Among medieval Catholic saints (think Catherine of Siena, Anthony…
Katie KresserNovember 26, 2021
