Hail Mary

“Framed by images of physical and mental torture in dark interiors” (Max Beckmann in New York), the center panel depicts a woman and infant in the middle ground symbolize Mary and Jesus Christ as a child, child. The ugly, humble and degrading child in the right panel had transformed into a clean, beautiful and blonde, facing backward, pointing to the left. In the foreground, on the right is a Fisher King, symbolizing Christ, who is wearing a golden crown and belt. The opposite navigational…

Maravillas C., Melder E. J. Leonardo da Vinci’s painting, figure 16-18 Madonna on the Rocks (1483), was created during the High Renaissance period, in which he portrays the Virgin Mary as a real human mother, no longer idolizing her as the queen of heaven. While Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun’s portrait, figure 17-25 Marie Antoinette and Her Children (1781) was created during the Rococo period and shows Marie Antoinette, the wife of Louis XVI, as a loving mother, with only her clothing representing her…

The term Pieta means a picture or sculpture of Virgin Mary holding her dead son Jesus after he had been brought down from the cross on her arms or laps. From a historical perspective, this art work was greatly influenced by Michelangelo. Although he was not the inventor of the pieta, he however changed the way it was been presented forever. That is, he changed the usual picture of an old and sad looking virgin Mary and a very dead and lifeless Jesus. To a younger woman who although…

First World War ensues, and Dunny finds himself immersed in the fighting in Europe. While in the Third Battle of Ypres, Dunny clears a German machine gun nest, though badly injures his leg. While lying on the ground in peril, Dunny looks up and sees Mary Dempster’s face in that of the Madonna’s “…about ten or twelve feet…” (Davies, 70) above him. Dunny later returns to the battlefield in France to find that fateful statue which brought him the comfort of home in a time of great fear, though…

their own right over England were disastrous. People were very uncertain of her taking the thrown; however, she completely proved them all wrong. Queen Elizabeth’s reign is remembered for many reasons but two of the more important were the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1587 and the Spanish Armada of 1588. Elizabeth was a very intelligent person. She did not feel with fools lightly and Elizabeth was famous for her temper, which she is said to have inherited from both her mother and…

Domenic Ghirlandaio’s Madonna and Child of 1470-75 is a tempera half-length portrait that shared characteristics of paintings commonly displayed in Florentine homes. The painting depicts the Virgin Mary calmly glancing in a downward direction towards her young son, Jesus Christ, who is sitting on her right knee as he uses his head and arm to gesture in an outwards direction. While the Madonna and Child was a central icon in European history, Ghirlandaio’s portrayal nods to both the secular and…

Byzantine and the Renaissance are two major periods in the history of art. During this time different forms of art were influence by religion. During these eras, artist produce pieces of art that represented Christ, the Virgin Mary, or the Saints. These masterpieces reflected the ideas and artistic thoughts that were evolved during these time periods. This essay will compare and contrast two masterpieces (Virgin (Theotokos and Child between Saints Theodore and George and The Maestà, Museo…

Christ child carried by the Virgin Mary with a female saint embracing the child along with Saint John the Baptist as an infant to the right. Titian placed the figures in a pyramidal structure around the Christ Child so that one’s eye focuses on the Christ Child. In addition, although Saint John the Baptist is not physically in contact with the other three figures, his strong exchange glance at the child brings him together. Work seems balanced since the Virgin Mary, the female saint and Saint…

Mary’s Earthly Apparitions Besides the four Marian Dogmas of the Catholic Church, Mary has inspired the lives of millions of people across the world. Mary is the Church’s leading intercessor for prayer, and she considered to be the patroness of humanity. Something truly miraculous that Catholic’s believe in regarding Mary is Marian apparitions. A Marian apparition is a supernatural appearance of the Blessed Mother Mary here on earth. The three most famous accounts of Marian apparitions occurred…

from not only from the Boatwright sisters but also from the Black Mary statue how to forgive herself and others. Lily would pray before the statue and “started asking Mary for her special help” (136). Readers see Lily change when she describes how “[she] wanted to touch [the statue’s] vanishing red heart, as much as anything [she had] ever wanted” (163). The concealed guilt Lily had held onto for so long lead her to the black Mary and as she told the statue “you are my mother… You are the…