Luminous Night, Spiritual Light: Renaissance Art and A Mystic’s Vision

Luminous Night, Spiritual Light: Renaissance Art and A Mystic’s Vision

Victoria Scarlett
12.22.24 | 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm | Online only

In this mid-winter program, we’ll be looking at lots of fine art slides, and exploring light–its expression, representation, and spiritual meaning.   After considering light in the context of world religions, we’ll focus on one of most famous female visionaries of the late Middle Ages and how her mystic light-filled visions led to innovative representations of Christ’s Nativity in Renaissance art.

This program is an opportunity to settle into a tranquil space of inspiration and spiritual reflection during the time between the solstice and Christmas and to take a deep dive into what it means to experience light shining in the darkness.  Learn how luminous night settings of the Nativity evolved while enjoying beautiful and tender paintings of the Nativity and considering them as representations of the birth of enlightened consciousness.

Victoria Scarlett combines a deep interest in sacred art traditions of the world, and mystical spirituality, with her great love of visual art.  She presents slide-illustrated enrichment programs that weave fine art and aesthetics with inspiration and spirituality.  Connection to the divine, integration, the human heart, and a love of beauty are central.  Victoria has taught in a variety of settings including spirituality and retreat centers, cathedrals, universities, museums, and conferences. She holds an MA in Art History, an MA in Museum Studies (specializing in the interpretation of art), and a BA in Studio Art.  More about Victoria and her Center for Sacred Art can be found at www.centerforsacredart.org