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Inspired Through Art: The Angelus by Jean-Francois Millet, 1857

Linus Meldrum

One of the most famous Catholic paintings of history is the humble work of art titled The Angelus by Jean-Francois Millet. This painting might be considered unique in that it has been viewed as inspired fine art by some and purely sentimental illustration by others. What is in this image that stirs the aesthetic imagination for some and is dismissed by others as a simplistic work of religious nostalgia? Importantly, how does it incarnate the subject of prayer?

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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

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