Mary of Guise

The picturesque landscape of the Old South has deeply engrained itself into the minds of many. Decades preceding the Civil War was a time of mansions, plantations and the idealistic Southern gentleman, his exquisite wife, their children and their slaves. Each plantation had a stoic white mansion with Roman pillars, surrounded by fields of cotton and tobacco filled with field hands harmonizing in song. The iconic image that the Old South lives by, the family enjoying church on Sunday mornings,…

Queen Elizabeth I was the reigning queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to her death in 1603. This period is regarded as a time with flowering intellectual, artistic, and political achievement. Queen Elizabeth I was a lady of cunning, intellect and stamina, which catapulted England into a preeminent world power. Although Queen Elizabeth was never married because she was so devoted to her country; she had many suitors and several lovers. In her speech to the troops at Tilbury, Queen Elizabeth…

The Virgin Mary was born in the town of Nazareth. God had witnessed her as she grew up and was delighted by what he saw. Although Mary had free will, she chose not to sin. She was just a poor girl from a humble family who had little expectations that her life would be any different from most, but she was wrong. God sent the angel, Gabriel, to deliver a message to Mary. Gabriel told her that she was to give birth to the son of God and remain a virgin. Mary was delighted by this news. Mary was a…

Donatello’s Mary Magdalene was a sculpture created during the Italian Renaissance in 1455, it was placed in the convent at Santa Maria di Cestello. Donatello’s Mary Magdalene was believed to have been created for a source of hope and inspiration to repent prostitutes at Covenant Santa Maria di Castello.1 This artwork is looked at today as an example of penitence, Renaissance realism, as well as one of the most famous expressions of female emotion.2 Not only is Donatello’s Mary Magdalene known…

are excessively narrow minded or perplexed. In the story "Mothers," in which Endo investigates his own association with his mom nearby an excursion to visit some kakure Christians, relatives of seventeenth century backsliders who worship the Virgin Mary; and "The War Generation," in which a man thinks about a show he went to in Tokyo amid the firebombing and how he should convey these concealed recollections in his typical, regular life. In this story demonstrate many related picture of mother…

The Apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe A Marian apparition, an extraordinary appearance by the Blessed Virgin Mary. The figure is normally named after the town where it took place in, or a nickname given to Mary on the event of the apparition. In Catholicism, our woman of Guadalupe is the patron saint in Mexico, envisioned as a pure women clothed in a blue mantle. Her hands are folded, her eyes are looking downward and she is surrounded by a brilliant gleam. She is standing upright on a…

The Vesperbild and the Pieta are funeral monument pieces conveying the emotions of pity, passion, and pain. Christ and the Virgin Mary effectively capture and translate those emotions from the artists’ imagination. Each sculpture successfully depicts the death of Christ, which Mary holds upon her lap in vein with high details as well. Most importantly, both sculptors found it fit to extend a particular style which they made their own when sculpting. Beyond the Vesperbild and the Pieta both…

St. Helena and the Emperor Constantine Presented to the Holy Trinity by the Virgin Mary was the piece of art work that stuck out to me the most which made me choose to write my analysis essay on this amazing well thought out art work. Some of my reasoning behind choosing this piece of art is the amazing story that it shares in just one picture. Just by looking at this piece of art you can tell there is so much emotion and knowledge behind making this painting. From observing this work, it made…

The Sunday School Easter program was about to begin at Bethesda Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. For my last time speaking in front of the congregation before leaving for Tennessee State University (TSU), I was charged with introducing the speaker of the program. As I stood in front of hundreds of people to recite the introduction that I wrote, I was confident and thoughts of how far I had come since giving my life to Christ ran thru my mind. My spiritual journey began when I was about 5…

After cleaning her wounds, giving her multivitamins and handing her parasite medication she looked up at me with her cavity filled mouth smiling the biggest smile I had ever seen. She reached her arms out in front of her tiny body with her hands together and pointed them towards me. A translator whispered behind my shoulder that this was a sign of ultimate and saintlike respect. Her magnitude of gratefulness made me instantly humbled. With tears in her eyes, we hugged. Little did this…