17th century tri-face (holy Trinity): the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Collection of the Kolumba museum, Cologne.
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Ken Burns
‘The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God’, a film by Ken Burns and Amy Stechler Burns.
They called themselves the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, but because of their ecstatic dancing, the world called them “Shakers.”
Joshua Schwartz
Joshua Schwartz, ‘Holy Trip’
Schwartz asked a preacher if he would consider taking a picture with his disposable camera the next time he felt he was being touched by the hand of God. This image arrived at Schwartz’s home two months after their encounter.
Paolo Chiasera
‘Madonna della Scodella’ (2012) by Paolo Chiasera.
“So the question is: what information can be gleaned from paintings about the knowledge that this power has tried to conceal?”
E.J. Pace
‘The descent of the Modernists’ (1922) by E.J. Pace.
A Fundamentalist Christian cartoon portraying Modernism as the descent from Christianity to atheism, first published in 1922 and then used in the book ‘Seven Questions in Dispute’ by William Jennings Bryan.