Laborers in the Vineyard
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Victorian England: Through the Looking Glass
Join us for an exploration of Victorian England—a golden age of dazzling personalities, painting styles, and techniques! Students (ages 5-14) will discover how Victorian artists shaped not only their world but our own. Each 75-minute lesson is interactive and includes a related art activity. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn and create. As Alice in Lewis Carroll’s classic says: “What is the good of a book (or a world) without pictures?”
Parent attendance is optional. Review our FAQs, which cover arrival and even co-op questions.
Registration: will open in August
Location: Mack Building (on the campus of Bob Jones University)
Fees per Lesson: Children–$9; adults–$3
Event fees are non-refundable. Adults may choose either to attend with their child(ren) or leave after student check-in for the 75-minute lesson.
Elementary School Lessons (K5-5th grade)
Thursday at 9:30AM and 2PM
Friday at 9:30AM, Noon, and 2PM
Middle School Lessons (6th-8th grade)
Friday at 9:30AM, Noon, and 2PM
Fall Topics:
September
Discovering Who’s Who: Portrait Painting
Franz Xaver Winterhalter, William Powell Frith, John Collier, Augustus Mulready, William MacDuff, and Mary Gow
October
Sharing Stories: Children’s Book Illustrators
John Tenniel, Beatrix Potter, Randolph Caldecott, and Arthur Rackham
November
Furry Friends and Fearsome Beasts: Animal Painters
Edwin Landseer, Charles Burton Barber, and Briton Riviere
Spring Topics:
February
Enjoying a Laugh: Caricatures and Limericks
Henry Furniss, Leslie Ward, and Edward Lear
March
Discovering Nature: Landscape and Still Life Paintings
Thomas Creswick, John Crimshaw, William Henry Hunt, and Edward Ladell
April
The Imaginative World: Prominent Women Artists
Kate Bunce, Marie Spartali, Emily Osbourne, Emma Brownlow, and Adalaide Claxton
Esau and Jacob Presented to Isaac
Benjamin West, P.R.A.
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You can learn more about the entire series by West and M&G’s significant collection from the series HERE.
In 1963, the Museum & Gallery acquired seven canvases from Benjamin West’s large series, The Progress of Revealed Religion. Originally, King George III of England had commissioned West to paint this series for the king’s proposed private chapel, St. George’s, at Windsor Castle. However, because of the king’s illness and eventual madness, the chapel was never renovated, the entire series was never completed, and the paintings were never hung at Windsor. After West’s death, the completed part of the series was separated. Out of the thirteen known, extant works in the world from West’s series, seven of the paintings reside in the War Memorial Chapel on the campus of Bob Jones University.
If you’re interested in seeing the Benjamin West collection while M&G is closed, consider bringing a tour group. Learn more here.
These works from the series are represented in M&G’s Collection and on view:
The Ascension
St. Peter Preaching at Pentecost
Isaiah’s Lips Anointed with Fire
Christ Coming Up Out of the Jordan
Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh
Esau and Jacob Presented to Isaac
The Brazen Serpent
In 1780 King George III commissioned Benjamin West to create a series of paintings for his new Chapel at Windsor Castle. It’s estimated that he completed 18 of the proposed 35 paintings planned for the chapel, and M&G has the largest set of existing works from the series. To learn more click HERE.
In this painting, Benjamin West captures one of the most dramatic events in Israel’s history.
You can learn more about the entire series by West and M&G’s significant collection from the series HERE.
This tender, graceful work by Benjamin West is one of a special series of paintings commissioned by King George III to decorate a chapel at Windsor Castle.
Visit HERE for the next video to think on things that are Worthy of Praise.
In this segment, Bob Jones, Jr. shares the story behind what almost happened to this beautiful Tiffany mosaic.
Inspiration
Louis Comfort Tiffany
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Isaiah’s Lips Anointed with Fire
Benjamin West, P.R.A.
Below the image, click play to listen.
You can learn more about the entire series by West and M&G’s significant collection from the series HERE.
