Mary in Western ArtHudson Hills, 2005 - 234 trang This title is published in association with the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center. No one can doubt Mary's importance in the spiritual history of Europe: every European city has at least one grand church dedicated to her, and, from the fifth century to the present, Christian thinkers have devoted considerable space to her in their reflections. In the visual arts, perhaps not even Christ has had so eminent a role as she. In certain periods, images of the Mother indeed outstrip those of her Son both in quantity and in creative originality. The historical identity of Europe's peoples - their self-image across time - in fact seems linked to the ways in which they have venerated, imagined, and depicted Mary. Timothy Verdon organizes the rich, visual material according to several methodological principles, using a thematic approach in the first chapter, a biographical one in the second, and in the third offering a concrete historical example: Mary as a subject in Florentine art. Written from the viewpoint of religious faith, Verdon makes allowance for the fact that many readers may lack direct experience of that individual relationship with Mary, which determined how she was represented in art. Verdon's text seeks to clarify the logical and emotional framework within which that relationship made sense without presuming to "explain" individual paintings or sculptures. True works of art, after all, are never mere textual illustrations. 250 colour illustrations |
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Ecce ancilla Domini | 9 |
The Mother the Virgin the Queen | 11 |
Mary in Christian Art Imagination and Life | 19 |
Mary as Figure | 30 |
Sponsa Christi and Figure of the Church | 34 |
Mary Figure of Spiritual Desire | 40 |
Door Ark and Womb | 44 |
Mater Misericordiae | 47 |
Mary as Mother and Educator | 124 |
From Cana to the Foot of the Cross | 144 |
Pentecost Dormitio Assumption Coronation and Intercession | 168 |
Pray for us O Holy Mother of | 177 |
Florence | 180 |
The Topography of Marian Devotion | 186 |
Santa Maria del Fiore | 196 |
Mary and Renaissance Humanism | 203 |
The Woman Robed in the Sun Figure of Prayerful Suffering | 53 |
Mary and the Eucharist | 56 |
Milk and the Earth | 61 |
New Eve Seat of Wisdom Regina sanctorum | 69 |
Mary as Woman | 84 |
Parents Birth Education Betrothal | 89 |
The Annunciation | 95 |
The Visitation the Pregnancy the Nativity | 106 |
Mary in the Houses of the Wealthy | 209 |
Exploring the Psyche | 211 |
Mary in the Tondo Doni | 217 |
Mater dolorosa mater gloriosa | 223 |
Appendix | 229 |
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