Queen Mary

Mary Tudor was queen of England and Ireland throughout her life. She was very determined when it came to getting what she thought was right. Many people did not enjoy her but others thought her skills were great when it came to ruling. Mary was a queen for five years, she reigned from 1553-1558. She is important because she was the first women to take the throne from her father. Another reason she is important is because she killed hundreds of people for not believing in her. Mary was born on…

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…

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…

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…

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…