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    figures and landscape in the painting also looked very fluid and real due to the use of the oil paint. The painting contains the Virgin Mary, the baby Jesus and his second cousin St. John the Baptist. The painting foreshadows the death of Christ on the cross. This point is displayed in the action of the painting where St. John is handing Jesus a small cross and Mary is looking upon it knowing what is to…

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    Painted in the late thirteenth century the Virgin and Child with Two Angels, portrayed through the magnificent art work of Deodato Orlandi, is truly a magnificent piece that reveals a great deal about the Christ child and the Virgin Mary. The method by which the artist depicted the image, the meaning behind the painting, and the history of the painter are all critical aspects to consider when attempting to gain a full understanding of a piece of artwork. There are hundreds of techniques used…

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    Nestorius

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    preaching against the title Theotokos or Mother of God, beginning to be used of the Virgin Mary. He distinguished between the logos (“divine nature”) and Christ (the Son, the Lord) as a union of divine nature and human nature. He refused to attribute the human acts and the sufferings of Jesus to the divine nature, arguing that God could not suffer on the cross, as God is omnipotent. Therefore the Virgin Mary, could not be viewed as the Mother of God, but simply as the mother of a man. St. Cyril…

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    Furthermore, sources regarding women in the Catholic Church illustrate Joan Scott’s notion of symbols and normative claims in the study of gender , and by extension colonialism. The first example is of Santa Rosa of Lima, who was declared a saint in the 16th century and was one of the fastest canonization during this time period. Her life is detailed by Don Gonzalo de la Maza who was friend with Rosa, and wrote about her life soon after she died. What makes Saint Rosa so special to the Church…

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    She expanded overseas with great explorers such as Sir Francis Drake. Next she encouraged scientific thinking in the renaissance. Lastly she survived the questioning at the Tower of London. She was imprisoned by her half sister Mary Tudor who was also known as Bloody Mary. She was accused of being involved with the Protestant…

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    Death Of Christus

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    The Timken Museum of art holds the painting Death of the Virgin by Petrus Christus, ca 1460-65 Putnam Foundation, oil on oak, transferred to mahogany (171.1x138.4 cm). There are six different galleries the Italian gallery, the French gallery, the American gallery, the Donna Knox sefton gallery, the Special Exhibition gallery and the Icon gallery. The Italian gallery is pink and the paintings hang from the walls on pink cords. The French gallery is a mirror image of the Italian gallery. The…

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    The Immaculate Conception is Antonio de Pereda’s artistic interpretation of the Virgin Mary in the womb of her mother, Saint Anne. The subject of this art piece is the conception of Virgin Mary as describe by John the Evangelist in The Book of Revelation. The painter portrays the Catholic Church’s belief of the sinless birth of Virgin Mary though a variety of painterly devices— composition, color, lighting, movement, mood, and balance. This oil on canvas is characteristic of the Baroque period…

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    The May Crowning Analysis

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    The May Crowning is a celebration of Mary and her life and all that she has done for us. Mary is a mother figure and role model for everyone. Growing up, I learned how to pray from my grandma and later from my dad. I remember my grandma always feeling a strong connection towards Mary. She would have a prayer session just devoted to Mary. Back in Mexico, she was very religious and was even enrolled in a society called the Daughters of the Virgin Mary. I listened to my grandma about her faith and…

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    Saint Mary Research Paper

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    For the 1 Quarter of this year I wanted to talk about Saint Mary. In my opinion Saint Mary is one of the best and most empowering women that i have heard of in my life. She has done so much not for her but so people believe in God. She was chosen by god to give birth to Jesus christ she stayed pure and her story was told everywhere. “the gospels of Matthew and Luke in the New Testament and the Quran describe Mary as a virgin (Greek: παρθένος, translit. parthénos)] and Christians believe that she…

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    detail that stuck out to him was that the Virgin Mary was quite different than the well-known Biblical version of her. In this piece, she refused to accept that Jesus was making himself into a sacrificial lamb for all those who have sinned. Additionally, she opposed everyone that contributed to putting Jesus on the cross to be crucified (Fo and Rame 129). Later on, he saw fragments from another story from the 1300s which caused a debate over Mary at the time, questioning whether or not she was…

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