The Angelus Project

Monday, January 25, 2021

Praying the Angelus with Art: This Week's Image

From the Detroit Institute of Arts comes this very early (6th to 8th century) depiction of the Annunciation, not in fresco, mosaic or tapestry, but in metalwork: a bronze censer. It is presumed to be either Coptic (Egyptian) or Syrian in origin and workmanship, and is quite small by contemporary standards: only about 4 inches high!

Monday, January 18, 2021

Praying the Angelus with Art: This Week's Image

This large piece (55 7/8 by 41 1/2 in.) by Alfred-Pierre Agache was shown at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893.

L'Annonciation, c. 1891

Monday, January 11, 2021

Praying the Angelus with Art: This Week's Image

This 1904 Annunciation by Vittorio Matteo Corcos seems to be of the "Annunciation at the Well" type, although the water jar is suspiciously small for household use.

About the Angelus Project

We rightly admire Muslim neighbors and co-workers who put everything on hold five times a day in answer to the "call to prayer." But Christians have a call to prayer, too! It is the Angelus. Morning, noon and evening we are invited to pause and reaffirm our faith in the Incarnation: The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us (Jn. 1:14), because "God so loved the world that he sent his only Son" (Jn. 3:16).
The Angelus Project is a personal project of Sister Anne Flanagan, FSP, a Daughter of St Paul. Find out more about the media ministry of the Daughters of St Paul at DaughtersofStPaul.com.