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Inspired Through Art: Pentecost by El Greco

Linus Meldrum

Pentecost, by the artist El Greco (c. 1597), is one of the most extreme images of an event in Scripture. What was the convergence of history, culture, and personality that led to El Greco’s image of the descent of the Holy Spirit as described in the Acts of the Apostles?

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Linus Meldrum is Assistant Professor of Fine Arts at Franciscan University where he teaches the core curriculum course, Visual Arts and the Catholic Imagination, as well as Studio Art.

Professor Meldrum earned his BFA in Painting at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana in 1981 and his MFA in Painting and Printmaking at The Yale School of Art in New Haven, Connecticut in 1983, and has been an independent artist and craftsman for over 30 years. He is a veteran of more than 400 exhibitions and festivals throughout the Mid-Atlantic States. Teaching assignments have included Painting and Drawing courses at The Yale School of Art, Central Connecticut State University and the Pennsylvania School of Art & Design.

Professor
Meldrum earned his BFA in Painting at Indiana University in
Bloomington, Indiana in 1981 and his MFA in Painting and Printmaking at
The Yale School of Art in New Haven, Connecticut in 1983, and has been
an independent artist and craftsman for over 30 years. He is a veteran
of more than 400 exhibitions and festivals throughout the Mid-Atlantic
States. Teaching assignments have included Painting and Drawing courses
at The Yale School of Art, Central Connecticut State University and the
Pennsylvania School of Art & Design. - See more at:
http://www.franciscan.edu/faculty/meldrum-linus/#sthash.TuIMz3dA.dpuf

This article is from The Catechetical Review (Online Edition ISSN 2379-6324) and may be copied for catechetical purposes only. It may not be reprinted in another published work without the permission of The Catechetical Review by contacting [email protected]

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