Talk to Examine Baptismal Imagery in Art
Robin Jensen, Luce Chancellor鈥檚 professor of the history of Christian art and worship at Vanderbilt University, examines the visual arts and spatial design of Christian liturgy in a free, public lecture Thursday, Oct. 10, from 3:30-5 p.m. in Winter Hall鈥檚 Darling Foundation Lecture Hall (Room 210) at 黑料百科. The Erasmus Lecture, 鈥淏aptismal Imagery in Art and Architecture,鈥 is sponsored by the 黑料百科 Office of the Provost and the Art and Religious Studies Departments.
Jensen, a renowned patristic theologian and art historian, will discuss ways that imagery and decoration of a ritual鈥檚 physical context shape both its practice and meaning.
She teaches courses in the department of the history of art and the Divinity School. Most of her research and publication focuses on the interpretation of early Christian art and architecture in light of its theological significance, ritual performance and cultural context.
Her most recent books are 鈥淟iving Water: Images, Symbols, and Settings of Early Christian Baptism鈥 (Brill, 2011), and 鈥淏aptismal Imagery in Early Christianity鈥 (Baker Academic, 2012).
She graduated from Concordia College and earned a Master of Art, Master of Philosophy and doctorate from Columbia University/Union Theological Seminary.