Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Christianity and the Arts -- June 13, 2013

Our program for June 13, will feature visual arts of the Renaissance. Jim Brainerd will lead our discussion of the following artists and their works:

Leonardo da Vinci

The Adoration of the Magi (1481)—Uffizi

Virgin of the Rocks, Louvre

The Last Supper (1498)—Convent of Sta. Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy

Mona Lisa or La Gioconda (1503–1505/1507)—Louvre

Michelangelo

Pietà

Statue of David

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Moses (center) with Rachel

and Leah on his sides

The Last Judgment

St. Peter's Basilica

Raphael

Ansidei Altarpiece

Madonna of the Meadow

Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Deposition of Christ

Roman period

The Vatican "Stanze"

The Parnassus, 1511, Stanza della Segnatura

Stanza della Segnatura

The Mass at Bolsena, 1514, Stanza di Eliodoro

Deliverance of Saint Peter, 1514, Stanza di Eliodoro

The Fire in the Borgo, 1514, Stanza dell'incendiodel Borgo

Workshop

Galatea,1512, his only major mythology, for Chigi's villa

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, 1515, one of the seven remaining Raphael Cartoons for tapestries.

Il Spasimo 1517, brings a new degree of expressiveness to his art.

Transfiguration, 1520, unfinished at his death.

Titian

Salome, or Judith

Assunta

Growth

Danaë

State Portrait of Emperor Charles V (1548) at Mühlberg

The Rape of Europa (1562)

The Death of Actaeon

Pietà

The Allegory of Age Governed by Prudence (c. 1565–1570)

The Flaying of Marsyas

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For over forty years Stan has developed people and organizations through preaching, teaching, organizing, writing, motivating, and listening. He especially enjoys interacting with people in one-to-one and group settings.

Stan has a Master of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell. In 2012, he completed a certificate program in spiritual direction from Selah (http://leadershiptransformations.org/selah.htm).

Stan also loves to help people navigate life’s challenges by discussing popular stories. Fiction written by C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo, and a host of others help us understand how God’s Story interacts with our own.

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Stan led an organization that was on the brink of disbanding. Through his leadership it became a more vibrant cohesive group, optimistic about its future. He led its members in group activities. He also worked with its leaders to evaluate and update the organization's purpose, financial health, and organizational structure. As a result, the group became healthier, larger, and more outward focused and welcoming.

He led a group in a ten-week discussion of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. The majority of the participants read 100 pages per week to prepare for their sessions. He met with the group for two hours each week to discuss the contents, truths, and applications of this beautiful piece of literature.

For several years Stan led a multi-week training course for an organization. The purpose of the training was to help members understand and communicate the organization's core values with potential members. He recruited people to be part of the training, taught them how to clearly express the principles, and provided the means for them to be in touch with potential members. Leaders emerged from this training program, confident in their ability to communicate.