"In Joy Lasts, Sister Wendy Beckett explores her reactions to a painting that she finds uniquely compelling: a haunting crucifixion by El Greco. Her deep response to this painting leads her to examine the very nature of religious and spiritual art, which, Sister Wendy argues, are not at all the same things." "In the course of her discussion she takes a careful look at fourteen works by artists ranging from anonymous medieval masters to Paul Cezanne, in whose still lifes she finds the expression of a deep spirituality."--BOOK JACKET.