Sunday, December 6, 2020

Art for Advent — Second Sunday

Today, on the second Sunday in Advent, art historian James Romaine discusses African American artist Harriet Powers's The Redemption of Cain, part of her "sermon in patchwork" known as the Bible Quilt. On this particular panel of the quilt in which Cain appears, Powers visualizes the corrupting power of the Devil and the redemptive power of God.

Seeing Art History

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