The glorious impossible
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The glorious impossible
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Madeleine L'Engle ; illustrated with frescoes from the Scrovegni chapel by Giotto ; afterword by A. Richard Turner.
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New York : Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, [1990]
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68 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
ISBN:
9780671686901
Abstract:
Possible things are easy to believe. The Glorious Impossibles are those things that bring joy to our hearts, hope to our lives, songs to our lips. The birth of Jesus was a Glorious Impossible. Like love, it cannot be explained, it can only be rejoiced in. And that is what master storyteller Madeleine L'Engle does in this compellingly written narrative, inspired by Giotto's glorious frescoes from the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua. With a simple clarity that illuminates the life of Christ, Madeleine L'Engle gives eloquent voice ot the miracle of God's love. - Jacket flap.
Describes the life of Jesus Christ and presents twenty-four paintings showing scenes from the life of Christ by the fourteenth-century Italian artist Giotto.
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Contents:
The Annunciation -- The Visitation -- The Nativity -- The presentation in the Temple -- The adoration of the Magi -- The flight into Egypt -- The massacre of the innocents -- Jesus among the doctors -- The baptism of Christ -- The marriage in Cana -- The raising of Lazarus -- The entry into Jerusalem -- Expulsion of the merchants -- The pact of Judas -- The washing of the feet -- The Last Supper -- The betrayal of Christ -- Christ before Caiaphas -- The mocking of Christ -- The road to Calvary -- The Crucifixion -- The Lamentation -- The Resurrection -- The Ascension -- Pentecost -- Giotto and the Scrovegni Chapel.