God So Loved the World: Week 3
Carl Bloch paintings for Goudge Readalong
“I shall never forget the beautiful pictures that the editor found to illustrate God So Loved the World.”
💙Elizabeth Goudge
The first publication of God So Loved the World by Goudge was in December 1950 when Woman’s Journal printed the first of four installments. According to Christine Rawlins in Beyond the Snow, the illustrations used for it were reproduced from Carl Bloch’s paintings at Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark.
Years later in an interview, Goudge herself said that they were unforgettable pictures (above quote). They so seem to have the same down-to-earth yet reverent feel of Goudge’s narrative. Hope you agree!
“Elizabeth did not find it hard to believe because she was humble too, and like all the humble she had a great reverence for other people, even those whom she knew in and out, through and through, and had held in her arms when they were small…”}
💙Elizabeth Goudge, God So Loved the World
Above are two of Bloch’s paintings of Mary. l posted a couple of Jesus earlier this month of his temptation and with the woman at the well, and will post more scenes as we finish out our reading this month. This post contains the scenes by Bloch from chapters 7-9 of God So Loved the World:
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