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May 8, 2024 · The Virgin Mary. 1595 - 1600. Oil on canvas. Not on display. Mary, wrapped in a red tunic, with a white headdress under her blue robes, is depicted here with an intense sense of devotion. The luminous halo alludes to the image´s sacred character and is used by El Greco to emphasize the figure´s volume. Equally characteristic are the features ...
5 days ago · Marian art enjoys a significant level of diversity, e.g. with distinct styles of statues of the Virgin Mary present on different continents (as depicted in the galleries in Roman Catholic Marian art). These depictions are not restricted to European art, and also appear in South American paintings.
May 13, 2024 · Towards 380 A.D., the first Marian feast, identified as “Memory of the Mother of God”, “Feast of the Most Holy Virgin”, or “Feast of the glorious Mother”, was instituted. The testimony of the fathers of the Church. The first Father of the Church who wrote about Mary is St. Ignatius of Antioch († c. 110). He defended the veracity ...
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May 19, 2024 · Source: Christian Art. Gospel of 20 May 2024. John 19:25-34. Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. Seeing his mother and the disciple he loved standing near her, Jesus said to his mother, 'Woman, this is your son.'. Then to the disciple he said, 'This is your mother.'.
2 days ago · The decade from 1610 to 1620 witnessed an enormous production of altarpieces for Roman Catholic churches—powerful, emotive images of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the saints—as Rubens became the chief artistic proponent of Counter-Reformation spirituality in northern Europe.
- Charles Scribner
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4 days ago · It's a rare chance to see in one place how Mary was portrayed by famous Renaissance and Baroque artists like Botticelli, Durer and Michelangelo. The exhibition is titled "Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea." All art pieces will be on display in Washington's National Museum of Women in the Arts till April 12.
May 13, 2024 · In his art the Virgin Mary is always a tall, queenly figure wearing the conventional red robe and blue cloak, but enriched in his autograph works by sensitively rendered accessories. She often has an inner pensiveness of expression, the same inwardness of mood that is communicated by Botticelli’s saints.
