Layers of Land

Print

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

The image depicts a framed artwork showing a series of interconnected panels with cutouts, each illustrating different scenic landscapes, accompanied by small text banners with phrases such as "...the land..." and "flowing with milk and honey," against a background of faint, densely packed text at the bottom.

The image depicts a framed artwork showing a series of interconnected panels with cutouts, each illustrating different scenic landscapes, accompanied by small text banners with phrases such as "...the land..." and "flowing with milk and honey," against a background of faint, densely packed text at the bottom.

Name/Title

Layers of Land

Entry/Object ID

1987.2.9.2

Description

Four cut out horizontal rectangular flaps with ancient city landscapes on top and views of single buildings underneath. Top (l to r): Kennedy Memorial, Modern Apartments, Kibbutz Bomb Shelter

Type of Print

etching and embossing

Category

On-Display at Calvin University, Design/Pattern/Shape, Plants and Nature, Text

Made/Created

Artist

Marilyn De Lise

Date made

1981 - 1983

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image size

Height

21 in

Width

27 in

Dimension Description

frame size

Height

26-1/4 in

Width

32-1/4 in

General Notes

Note

A white surface with inlaid shapes depicting various landscapes overlapping a bottom layer of writings of verses on a predominantly blue and purple surface. Near the top are four shapes and l to r they represent: dates, figs, pomegranates and grapes which are important crops in the region. Below these shapes are four larger shapes representing various sections of land l to r: The Negev Desert, Oasis - Southern Israel, the Jordan River and the Galilee Area. God was specific in outlining the borders of the land he was giving to the people of his covenant. He told His people what land they could have and what land they could not have. Productivity of the land is dependent upon life-giving water. God has revealed through the prophets of in the Old and through Jesus Christ in the New Testament the parallel between the life that water produces from the land and eternal life that is produced from the well-spring of the Holy Spirit.