GOOD FRIDAYAPRIL 10, 2020

ENVISIONING THE PASSION

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THE COMMUNITY GATHERS As the community gathers, may the music of the prelude draw your hearts and minds to God.

Prelude “Variations on O Sacred Head” by Austin Lovelace

• Charles Bartley Jeffrey: Wall Cross, 1953, Cleveland Museum of Art, enamel, 7 x 4.5 inches (on the cover)

Greeting and Opening Prayer

(Rev. Dr. Stephen Cady, II)

Lesson 1 John 3:1–16

• Henry Ossawa Tanner: Nicodemus, 1899, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Music “What Wondrous Love is This?” (traditional, arranged by Joseph Jennings, sung by Chanticleer)

• John Reilly: Raising of Lazarus, 1962, Methodist Modern Art Collection, London © TMCP, used with permission. www.methodist.org.uk/artcollection, The Methodist Church in England• Frank McClure: Crucifixion, 1970, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

• Nicholas Mynheer: Peter Sinks, 2009, collection of the artist• Steven Agin: Chambers Street Stop — A 20th Century Crucifixion, c. 2011, private collection

ENVISIONING THE PASSION12 PM • APRIL 10, 2020

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• Jean Le Noir & Jacquemart de Hesdin: God and Seraphim, from the Petites Heures de Jean de Berry 1375-90, Bibliotheque National, Paris• Ernst Wilhelm Nay: Seraphim, 1964, Harvard University Art Museum

• unknown Netherlandish: Agnus Dei, 15th century?, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam• unknown Byzantine: Lamb of God, 6th century, San Vitale, Ravenna

• Graham Sutherland: Thorn Cross, 1958, private collection• Albert Gleizes: Crucifixion, 1930, Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris• Salvador Dali: Christ of St. John of the Cross, 1951, Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow

Lesson 2 The Week Just Past (various scriptures)

• Norman Adams: Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem, 1991, Methodist Modern Art Collection, London © TMCP, used with permission. www.methodist.org.uk/artcollection, The Methodist Church in England• Giotto: The Bargain of Judas, c. 1305, Arena Chapel, Padua• Emil Nolde: The Last Supper, 1909, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

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• Ghislaine Howard: Washing the Feet, 2004, Methodist Modern Art Collection, London © TMCP, used with permission. www.methodist.org.uk/artcollection, The Methodist Church in England• Jae-In Kim: Prayer of Gethsemane, c. 2010, private collection

• Andrey Mironov: Betrayal of Judas, 2009, private collection• Jan van der Venne: Peter’s Remorse, c. 1640, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna• Simon Bening: Christ before Caiaphas, 1525-30, Getty Center, Los Angeles

Music “Vere Languores” (Thomas Luis de Victoria) Truly he himself bore our griefs, and he himself carried our sorrows; by his wound we are healed.

• Georges Rouault: Head of Christ, c. 1937, Cleveland Museum of Art• unknown: Wounds of Christ with the Instruments of the Passion, no date, Wellcome Collection, London• Otto Lange: Christ Crowned with Thorns, circa 1915, Detroit Institute of Arts• follower of Jan Mostaert: Christ Crowned with Thorns, c. 1520-30, National Gallery, London• unknown Ecuadoran: Cross with Instruments of the Passion, late 19th c., Mus. of Int’l Folk, Art, Santa Fe

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Lesson 3 Mark 15:1–20

• Jan Toorop: Jesus Condemned by Pilate, 1916-19, St. Bernulphus Church, Oosterbeek• Vespasiano Strada: Ecce Homo (Here is the Man), c. 1600, Detroit Institute of Arts

• Mark Wallinger: Ecce Homo sculpture Installed on the Steps of St. Paul’s, London, 11 April-22 May, 2017• Nikolai Nikolayevich Ge: Golgotha, 1893, Tretykov Gallery, Moscow

Music “O Crux Benedicta ” (Gesualdo) O Blessed Cross, which only was worthy to bear the Lord and King of Heaven, Alleluia.

• Hieronymous Bosch: Christ Carrying the Cross, c. 1500, Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent• Patricia Meccia: Christ Carrying the Cross, 2015, private collection• Bruce Onobrakpeya: Nigerian Stations of the Cross: #2, Jesus Takes Up the Cross, High Museum, Atlanta

• Sibyl Andrews: Jesus Bears the Cross, 1946, British Museum, London• Cleto Tomba: The Way of the Cross, c. 2019, private collection• Maurice Denis: Ascent to Calvary, 1889, Musée d’Orsay, Paris

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• William Herbert: Jesus is Assisted in Carrying the Cross, c. 1936, National Gallery, Washington• Ken Cooke: Jesus Takes Up His Cross, date unknown, St. George Martyr Anglican Church, Newbury, UK• Ted DiGrazia: The Stations of the Cross, 1963-64, Gallery in the Sun, Tucson

Lesson 4 Mark 15:22–32

• William Blake: The Soldiers Cast Lots for Christ’s Garments, 1800, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge• Michael Rothenstein: The Crucifixion, 1937, Tate Britain, London

Music “Stabat Mater” (Zoltán Kodály) The grieving Mother stood weeping beside the cross where her Son was hanging.Through her weeping soul, compassionate and grieving, a sword passed.

• Kaori Kawano: The Virgin and the Cross, 1958, Indianapolis Museum of Art (color woodcut)• attributed to Vicente Carducho: The Virgin Contemplating the Instruments of the Passion c. 1630, Nasher Art Museum, Duke University, Durham• Antonio Molleno: Our Lady of Sorrows, c. 1815, Santo Collection, Regis University, Denver• Georges-Daniel de Monfried: Mater Dolorosa, 1897, Cleveland Museum of Art

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Lesson 5 Mark 15:33–37

• unknown after John Martin: The Crucifixion, c. 1830-40, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

Music “Elegie” (solo organ, Flor Peeters)

• Rosso Fiorentino: Deposition, 1521, Pinacoteca, Volterra• Chris Gollon: Deposition (Station 13), 2000-09, St. John of Bethnal Green, London• Stephen Greene: Deposition, 1947, St. Louis Art Museum• Sondra L. Jonson: The Descent from the Cross, c. 2018, collection of the artist

• Gianbattista Tiepolo: Lamentation at the Foot of the Cross, 1755-60, National Gallery, London• Richard Lofton: Descent from the Cross, 1949, Cleveland Art Museum• José Renis: The Crucified Christ in a Landscape, 1929, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (Netherlands)

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Lesson 6 John 19:38–42

• unknown Flemish: Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus Ask Pilate for the Body of Jesus late 15th century, Philadelphia Museum of Art• Robert Huck: The Entombment, 1951, Trout Gallery, Dickenson College

Music “Da Pacem Domine” (Arvo Pärt) Grant peace, Lord, in our time; for there is none else who would fight for us if not you, our God.

• Eugène Delacroix: Christ Carried Down to the Tomb, 1859, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo• William Johnston: Mount Calvary, c. 1944, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.

• Ceri Richards: Deposition, 1956, St. Mary’s, Swansea, Wales• Michelangelo: The Deposition (with the Virgin & Nicodemus), 1547-55, Cathedral Museum, Florence

• Sofonisba Anguissola: Pietà, 1574-85, Brera, Milan• unknown German: Pietà, c. 1460, Cleveland Museum of Art• Luis de Morales: Pietà, 1565-70, Prado, Madrid• Peter Ball: Pietà, 2011, Winchester Cathedral, Winchester [UK]

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• Gleb Derujinsky: Pietà, 1928-30, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.• Roy de Maistre: The Entombment, 1950, National Gallery, Victoria, Australia• James Tissot: Jesus in the Tomb, 1886-94, Brooklyn Museum of Art

• Franz von Stück: Pietà, Städel Museum, Frankfurt• Ben Denison: The Entombment, c. 1960, St.Isaac Jogues, Niles, IL• Henry Ossawa Tanner: Return of the Holy Women from the Tomb, 1904, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art

Poem It is Finished by Ann Weems (from Kneeling in Jerusalem)

The pilgrims sit on the steps of death.

Undanced, the music ends.

Only the children remember that tomorrow’s stars

are not yet out.

Postlude “Variations on O Sacred Head” by Austin Lovelace

Participants Liturgists: Rev. Dr. Stephen Cady IIProduction Director: Sarah BrubakerArt Director: Lucy Winters DurkinMusic Director: Dr. Carl JohengenAudio Operator: Rick ChurchVideo Operator: Kenny BaileyTech Consultant: Justin Ocello

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