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Lis Valle

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Rev. Lis Valle-Ruiz is Associate Professor of Homiletics and Worship and Director of Community Worship Life at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL. She graduated from Vanderbilt University, Princeton Theological Seminary, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and the University of Puerto Rico. Her scholarship explores embodied preaching, performance and trauma theory,...

Updated 10/30/2025

Christine Valters Paintner

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Christine Valters Paintner is the online Abbess and director of AbbeyoftheArts.com, a virtual monastery exploring contemplative practice, creative expression, and ways to nourish an earth-cherishing consciousness. She is a spiritual director, teacher, pilgrimage guide, Benedictine oblate, and author of numerous books on spirituality and the arts. Her deepest belief is...

Updated 10/24/2024

Joos van Cleve

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Joos van Cleve (c.1485–1490-1540/1541) was a leading painter active in Antwerp. Within Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, he combines the traditional techniques of Early Netherlandish painting with influences of more contemporary Renaissance painting styles. (Source: wikipedia.org)

Updated 10/07/2025

John van de Laar

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John van de Laar founded Sacredise in 2004. John is a liturgist with 40 years of experience in a wide variety of church, community, and musical settings. Since leaving the Methodist ministry in October 2019 John has devoted his time to helping churches navigate the new and growing reality of...

Updated 01/29/2025

Frederik Hendrik van den Hove

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Frederick Hendrick van Hove (1628-1698) was born in The Hague, Netherlands. He studied under F. Bouttats in Antwerp before moving back to work in his hometown as a draughtsman and engraver. He moved to London in around 1692, where he worked for the last years of his life. (Source: npg.org.uk)

Updated 01/23/2025

Hugo van der Goes

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Hugo van der Goes (c. 1430/1440-1482) was one of the most significant and original Early Netherlandish painters of the late fifteenth century. Van der Goes was an important painter of altarpieces as well as portraits. He introduced important innovations in painting through his monumental style, use of a specific color range and individualistic manner...

Updated 02/20/2025

Gilliam van der Gouwen

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Gilliam van der Gouwen (c.1657-1716, Amsterdam) was a Flemish engraver who spent most of his active career in the Dutch Republic. He is known for his reproductive engravings and various title pages, maps, and book illustrations for Amsterdam publishers. (Source: wikipedia.org)

Updated 02/18/2025

Patrick van der Vorst

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Patrick van der Vorst is Assistant Priest at Our Lady of Mount Carmel & St George in Enfield, North London, in the Diocese of Westminster, London. He is a graduate of the University of Leuven and the Pontifical Beda College in Rome. Before being ordained to the priesthood in June...

Updated 09/30/2025

Rogier van der Weyden

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Rogier van der Weyden (c.1399/1400- 1464), initially known as Roger de le Pasture, was an early Netherlandish painter whose surviving works consist mainly of religious triptychs, altarpieces, and commissioned single and diptych portraits. He was highly successful in his lifetime; his paintings were exported to Italy and Spain, and he received commissions from, amongst others, Philip the...

Updated 01/09/2025

Anthony van Dyck

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Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Spanish Netherlands and Italy. With the exception of Holbein, van Dyck and his contemporary Diego Velázquez were the first painters of pre-eminent talent to work mainly as court portraitists, revolutionizing the genre. Van Dyck is best known for his...

Updated 01/13/2025