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Sister Wendy Beckett (1930–2018)

Forfatter af Den store bog om maleriets historie

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Wendy Mary Beckett was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on February 25, 1930. At the age of 16, she joined the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, a teaching order, as Sister Michael of St. Peter. She became Sister Wendy after Vatican reforms relaxed formalities. She studied literature at Oxford vis mere University in the early 1950s. After returning to South Africa, she taught for 15 years at a Cape Town convent and later lectured at Johannesburg's University of Witwatersrand. After suffering three grand mal seizures and learning that she had a form of epilepsy, she received Vatican consent to give up teaching for a life of solitude. In 1970, she returned to England and moved into the trailer at the Carmelite Monastery. She wrote approximately 25 books art and religion including Contemporary Women Artists and Sister Wendy on Prayer. In 1991, a BBC producer persuaded her to do a documentary about Britain's National Gallery, talking about its paintings. She went on to star in several more BBC documentaries including Sister Wendy's Odyssey, Sister Wendy's Grand Tour, and Sister Wendy's Story of Painting. She assigned all her earnings to the Carmelite order that sheltered her. She died on December 26, 2018 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Sister Wendy Beckett

Den store bog om maleriets historie (1994) — Forfatter — 1,004 eksemplarer
Sister Wendy's 1000 Masterpieces (1999) 412 eksemplarer
A Child's Book of Prayer in Art (1995) 394 eksemplarer
Sister Wendy's Book of Saints (1998) 172 eksemplarer
Sister Wendy's Book of Meditations (1998) — Forfatter — 115 eksemplarer
Sister Wendy on Prayer (2006) 106 eksemplarer
Sister Wendy's Nativity (1656) 102 eksemplarer
Sister Wendy's Meditations on Love (1995) 58 eksemplarer
Sister Wendy's Meditations on Joy (1995) 51 eksemplarer
Speaking to the Heart: 100 Favorite Poems (2006) — Forfatter — 36 eksemplarer
Sister Wendy's Bible Treasury (2012) 32 eksemplarer
In the Midst of Chaos, Peace (1999) 27 eksemplarer
Contemporary Women Artists (1988) 26 eksemplarer
Sister Wendy's Book of Muses (2000) 25 eksemplarer
Art and the Sacred (1992) 20 eksemplarer
Spiritual Letters (2013) 19 eksemplarer
Living the Lord's Prayer (2008) 17 eksemplarer
Sister Wendy on the Art of Mary (2013) 11 eksemplarer
Sister Wendy on the Art of Saints (2013) 8 eksemplarer
Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1992) 4 eksemplarer
Toulky světem malířství (2001) 4 eksemplarer
Michael Gow's Away (1993) 3 eksemplarer
Historia del arte 1 eksemplar
Odyssey 1 eksemplar
Art in Worship (1991) 1 eksemplar
Jesus 2000 1 eksemplar

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Sermons for Advent and the Christmas Season (1909) — Oversætter, nogle udgaver51 eksemplarer
Sermons on the final verses of the Song of Songs (1982) — Oversætter, nogle udgaver; Oversætter — 11 eksemplarer

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SrMaryLea | 1 anden anmeldelse | Aug 23, 2023 |
 
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SrMaryLea | Aug 23, 2023 |
Beckett has a very good way of explaining how she feels about an understands a painting.
 
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mykl-s | 4 andre anmeldelser | Aug 12, 2023 |
Great art, ancient and modern, well presented, well explained by Beckett.
 
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