Chapter 1: Cave Artists and the Cattle of Lascaux
Chapter 2:Egyptian Tombs: Art for Eternity
Chapter 3: A Medieval Pieta: God as Man and Man as Child
Chapter 4: Music of Pure Prayer: “Christus factus est obediens” and the Medieval Chant – “Requiem”
Chapter 5: Giotto: A Pre-Renaissance Pieta
Chapter 6: Michelangelo’s Pietas
Chapter 7: Music of Perfection: Victoria’s “Requiem and Palestrina’s
Chapter 8: Creation of Adam: Humans in the Image of God
Chapter9: Bruges Madonna and Child: God in Human Image
Chapter 10: At Supper with the Lord – and Leonardo: “God and Man at Table Are Sat Down
Chapter 11: Eternity in an Hour: El Greco’s “Burial of the Count of Orgaz
Chapter 12: Music of Power: Gilles: A Baroque “Requiem”
Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus” and “Worthy is the Lamb”
Bach’s “Mass in B Minor
Chapter 13: Power in Weakness: Bernini’s “The Ecstasy of St. Theresa
Chapter 14: Human Passions in Sacred Art: Caravaggio’s “Deposition” and “Supper at Emmaus”
Chapter 15: Music of Precision: Mozart’s “Ave verum corpus” and “Requiem”
Chapter 16: Classical Balance: David’s “The Death of Marat”
Chapter 17: Music of Passion: The “requiems” of Berlioz and Verdi
Chapter 18: Music of Peace: Faure’s “Requiem”
Chapter 19: Let There Be Light:
Monet’s “Rouen Cathedral”
Rouault’s Christ Mocked by the Soldiers”
and Kandinsky’s “Accent in Pink”
Chapter 20: Like a Dream: Dali’s” “Corpus Perlucidus” and “The Sacrament of the Last Supper”
Chapter 21: Music of Pain: Britten’s “War Requiem” and Gorecki’s “Symphony Number 3: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”
Chapter 22: A Conclusion and a Beginning: “Lovers in the Hands of God” and Robin’s “Hand of God”
Afterword: Mary’s Music: “The Rock that Blocked the Cave and Diana’s Sculpture: “Judas Begging Jesus for Forgiveness”