My Dancing Day leads you through a gallery of masterful art and music into the beauty and joy of the...
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My Dancing Day leads you through a gallery of masterful art and music into the beauty and joy of the Incarnation.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 yourunderstanding of artistry surrounding the Nativity… with reflections that will make your spiritleap 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 directionsto 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.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 lovelyarrangement 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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