Vestal Virgin

Just as Minh walks out of the bank, he spotted his two companions: a floating robot that looks like it could be from a sci-fi film and a german shepherd have been waiting for him on the sidewalk. When Minh walked towards them, both of them rush over to him. “Master Minh! Your back! So how did it go?” his robot friend questioned. “Well Charleston, this is what I got.” saids Minh holding out his wallet out. “The $1500 I got earlier within the bank and adding $200 I have on me now; now we’re up…

The Virgin and Child between Saints Theodore and George serves the same function of being a devotional piece to the Virgin Mary as the Rottgen Pieta. The Rottgen Pieta dates circa 1300 and was created by painted wood. The Virgin Mary is depicted in complete opposite ways in each of the artworks. In the Virgin and Child between Saints Theodore and George, the artist shows the Virgin Mary as a strong, imperial mother by draping her in a dark and bold purple robe. The artist also utilizes hierarchy…

Part One: Question 1 While researching Isis, the Black Madonna, Madonna and Child, and the Virgin Mary I was amazed by all of their stories. I was a little baffled by the similarities that I found in my research. Looking at Isis, I was extremely amazed at everything with her. I had never heard of her, so when researching I was fascinated by it all. Isis was an Egyptian goddess. Isis was seen as such a beauty an independent goddess, and a mother. Her name means Queen of the throne or female of…

Nestorius opposed the term because “whenever the sacred scriptures speak of Our Lord’s activity, they never speak of the birth and suffering of the divinity, but of the humanity of Christ. That is why the most accurate way of speaking about the Holy Virgin is Christ-bearer, not God-bearer” (Fouad, 2010). He emphasized that Christ had independent divine and human natures going so far as to suggest “that they were two persons loosely united” (Nestorian, 2016). Cyril was a staunch opponent to…

popular to portray, artists throughout the centuries show a great deal of variety in their depiction of the iconic duo. Found in the National Gallery of Ireland in the early Italian Renaissance gallery, The Virgin and Child, Saint John the Baptist and Prophets by an unknown artist and The Virgin and Child by Paolo Uccello reflect the drastic transition between Byzantine and early Renaissance paintings of the Madonna and Child especially related to subject matter, composition, material, style and…

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…

The Virgin of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico, is a religious icon and symbol of Mexican nationalism and identity (Benedetti). Through analyzing the image and history of the Virgin of Guadalupe through the theoretical terms, e.g. gender, sexuality, identity, and authority, one is able to understand her meaning and importance to Mexico, the world, and the catholic church. Her importance can be examined through the use of these theoretical terms and how they intersect and connect with…

The artwork of The Death of the Virgin is one of Bartolomeo Vivarini showstoppers. The fine art is painted in wood with Tempera. While this work of art was painted on 1485. While this work of art is portraying the dead Virgin, it is encompassed by the messengers and her child Christ at the top. With extraordinary differentiations in utilizing the essential shades of red, blue and green, Bartolomeo utilized that advantaged to demonstrate the complexity of death to life. This work of art holds a…

The woman on the wall in Mr. White’s house is the Virgen de Guadalupe. She is the mother of Jesus. Traditionally, the Virgen is wearing a green robe with a pink dress underneath. While the painting on the wall, she wears green and has her hair in braids with white flowers around her¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬. When the White’s first moved into the house and saw the painting, they wanted to paint over it as soon as possible. Eventually though, Jamie grew to like it and told Mr. White not to paint over it. The…

The Our Lady of Laus is an elegant shrine and place of pilgrimage in the south-west part of France, in the town of Saint-Éttiene-le-Laus. The shrine depicts a teenage shepherdess named Benoîte Rencurel kneeling as in prayer to a young Mary holding baby Jesus. When Benoîte saw Mary, she has was told to build a grand chapel, "in honor of my son." Benoîte was also told to build a house next to the chapel for the priest to live The story of how Benoîte saw Mary dates back to the year 1664 in…