My Dancing Day: Reflections of the Incarnation in Art and Music

My Dancing Day leads you through a gallery of masterful art and music into the beauty and joy of the Incarnation.
8.5" x 8.5" (21.59 x 21.59 cm)
Full Color on White paper
192 pages
For centuries, artists and composers have captured the drama of history's greatest turning point
the wondrous events leading to the birth of Jesus Christ.
This beautiful, full-color volume combines a treasury of great works, chosen to enrich your
understanding of artistry surrounding the Nativity with reflections that will make your spirit
leap for joy.
Within these delightfully decorated pages,
you can linger and muse upon such masterpieces as:
Annunciation (Fra Angelico);
Joseph's Dream (LaTour);
Holy Family (Raphael);
Adoration of the Shepherds (Rembrandt);
Visitation of the Magi (Fra Filippo Lippi );
Rest on the Flight to Egypt (Caravaggio).
To enhance your experience, you will also find directions
to a listening guide that includes such inspiring compositions as:
Comfort Ye and For Unto Us a Child Is Born (Handel);
Ave Maria (Bruckner);
Magnificat and Shepherd's Pipe Carol (Rutter);
Christmas Oratorio (Bach); Gloria (Vivaldi);
Misa Criolla (Ramirez);
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach) and Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day.

Extras include: devotional prayers and meditational questions. All scripture text is included along with "Going Deeper" section that ties Jesus's birth story to the rest of the Bible. 40 day Journal questions provided with supplementary reading and listening guide.
Jennifer Rundlett, M.M. is founder of God thru the Arts. This book comes from over 10 years of college classroom experience, where she has crafted a lively, storytelling approach to the arts. Now, with great care, she has selected this lovely
arrangement of masterpieces and combined them with inspiring thoughts about the God who invites us to join in the greatest "dance" of all time ~ our encounter with Him.

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