3.12 Minerva Teichert and the Manti Temple

Temple renovations in Manti were scheduled to remove murals by LDS painter Minerva Teichert, but that decision was reversed. Join us as we look into her story and work, art in the church in general, and how remembrance and ritual soaks in our very beings.

Minerva Teichert

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerva_Teichert

The Deseret Alphabet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deseret_alphabet

John Hafen's "O My Father" illustrations: https://byustudies.byu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/36.1PheyseyTestimony-b101cd84-1291-4e99-8614-0844a61b49f9.pdf

Harvesting the Light: The 1890 Paris Art Mission, by Giles H. Florence, Jr.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1988/10/harvesting-the-light-the-1890-paris-art-mission

Manti Utah Temple

https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/manti-utah-temple/

Lots of prints available for the two paintings we mentioned. Since we didn’t want to endorse a particular website, here are some convenient google searches to see them:

https://www.google.com/search?q=queen+esther+minerva+teichert&tbm=isch

https://www.google.com/search?q=christ+in+the+red+robe+minerva+teichert&tbm=isch

Minerva Teichert’S Manti Temple Murals, by Doris R Dant

https://byustudies.byu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/38.DantMinerva.pdf

Point and Counterpoint:

Point: It’s just art, by Jonathan Green 

https://www.timesandseasons.org/index.php/2021/03/its-just-art/

Counterpoint: A Feeling of Loss–On Murals and Temples, by Chad Nielsen

https://www.timesandseasons.org/index.php/2021/03/counterpoint-a-feeling-of-loss/

Mormon News report

https://mormonnewsreport.com/

Ritual, Remembrance, and Minerva Teichert’s Art, by Russel Arben Fox

https://bycommonconsent.com/2021/04/05/ritual-remembrance-and-minerva-teicherts-art/

At Last She Said It podcast, Episode 049: Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall

https://atlastshesaidit.org/episode-049-mirror-mirror-on-the-wall/

Icons

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icon

What the LDS Church wants to know from its young adult members, by Jana Riess

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2021/03/23/jana-riess-what-lds/