The Art of Advent: A Painting a Day from Advent to Epiphany

by Jane Williams

Publisher:

SPCK Publishing

, 2018

Overview

’A brilliant foundation for parish and small group discussions, both during Advent and throughout the year.’
The Most Revd and Rt Hon. Dr John Sentamu

Illustrated in full colour with nearly forty famous and lesser-known masterpieces of Western art, this beautiful book will lead you into a deeply prayerful response to all that these paintings convey to the discerning eye.

This beautiful book describes and interprets a series of paintings for each day of Advent.

Artists often address subjects our culture seeks to avoid, and Jane Williams’ brilliant and perceptive reflections will help you to read these paintings with a more discerning eye, and discover deeper levels of meaning than may at first appear.

Contents

Foreword
1 Light and dark
2 Advent invitation
3 Death
4 Judgement
5 Hell
6 Heaven
7 The patriarchs
8 Prophets
9 John the Baptist
10 Joseph
11 The Virgin Mary
12 The Christ Child
13 Watching and waiting: the angels
14 Watching and waiting: the visitation
15 Watching and waiting: the animals
16 Watching and waiting: Adam and Eve
17 Watching and waiting: the midwife
18 Watching and waiting: the Roman Empire
19 O Wisdom
20 O Adonai
21 O Root of Jesse
22 O Key of David
23 O Morning Star 90
24 O King of the Nations 94
25 O Emmanuel 98
26 Nativity 102
27 Nativity with the Holy Spirit 106
28 Time and eternity 110
29 The adoration of the magi 114
30 Mother and Child 118
31 The conversion of Paul 122
32 Simeon and Anna 126
33 God and suffering 130
34 The baptism of Jesus 134
35 Prefiguring death 138
36 The wedding at Cana 142
37 The Church 146
Copyright acknowledgements 151

Product Details

• Title: The Art of Advent: A Painting a Day from Advent to Epiphany
• Author: Jane Williams
• Publisher: SPCK Publishing
• Print Publication Date: 2018
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 176
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9780281071708, 9780281071692, 0281071691, 0281071705
• Resource ID: LLS:9780281071708
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-06-12T10:50:00Z

About Jane Williams

Hilary Jane Williams (née Paul) is a Christian theologian and writer. Williams was born in Trivandrum, India, one of five sisters. Her father, the Right Reverend Geoffrey Paul, former Bishop of Bradford, was then serving as a missionary priest at Palayamkottai and later Kerala. Her father was a member of the faculty and later became the principal of the Kerala United Theological Seminary at Kannammoola, where she spent part of her childhood.