Sister Wendy Beckett

Website : Sister Wendy's American Collection (PBS)

BIOGRAPHY

Contemplative nun and presenter of the BBC television art series Sister Wendy's Story of Painting; Sister Wendy's Grand Tour; and others.

Author of Sister Wendy's American Collection; Sister Wendy in Conversation with Bill Moyers; Sister Wendy's Story of Painting; Sister Wendy's Impressionist Masterpieces; Sister Wendy's American Masterpieces; In the Midst of Chaos, Peace (with Mary J. Dorcy and Dan Paulos); Sister Wendy's Book of Muses (with Justin Pumfrey); Sister Wendy's 1,000 Masterpieces (with Patricia Wright); My Favourite Things: 75 Works of Art from Around the World; and others.

photograph: AP Images

Primary Contributions (1)

The Art of Looking at Art

Art is made to be seen. In contrast, nature, prodigal and thoughtless, takes no heed of visibility: William Wordsworth celebrates the flowers that “waste their sweetness on the desert air” and the treasures lying hidden in “the dark unfathomed caves of ocean.” But art is diametrically opposed to…

Publications (3)

Real Presence In Search of the Earliest Icons (2010)

By Wendy Beckett

Sister Wendy's ongoing "pilgrimage of desire" to view the earliest surviving icons.

"Contemplating the icon, with faith and love, draws us out of our material world and into that divine world to which we will only have full access after death. On this earth, we live in His kingdom, but in hope and faith, not in experience. These early icons with their pure desire to praise God draw us very strongly into this unseen reality."

In Encounters with God Sister Wendy Beckett, a contemplative nun...

Sister Wendy's 1000 Masterpieces (1999)

By Wendy Beckett, Patricia Wright

Covering over nine centuries of paintings in the western world, this book which is organised alphabetically focuses on world famous works by artists such as Michelangelo, Leonardo and Turner. Sister Wendy focuses on subject matter, technique and other key elements of each major work. Many artists are represented by two paintings on double-page spreads. A featured works section gives the reader the location of each masterpiece.

Sister Wendy's Odyssey: A Journey of Artistic Discovery (1998)

By Sister Wendy Beckett

Sister Wendy Beckett describes the paintings and sculpture she studied during her visits to six art museums in Great Britain

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