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The Cult of the Virgin Mary in the Middle Ages
The Virgin Mary and the Church A mother figure is a central object of worship in several religions (for example, images of the Virgin and Child call to mind Egyptian representations of Isis nursing her son Horus). The history of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ, depends on the texts of the Gospels. Embellishments to her legend seem to have taken form in the fifth century in Syria. The life of the mother of Christ was exceptional: she was born free of original sin (21.168), through the Immaculate Conception; she was taken to heaven after her death ( 17.190.132 ); and, just as Saint Thomas doubted Christ's Resurrection, so he doubted Mary's Assumption. Theologians established a parallel between Christ's Passion and the Virgin's compassion: while he suffered physically on the cross, she was crucified in spirit. The Council of Ephesus in 431 sanctioned the cult of the Virgin as Mother of God; the dissemination of images of the Virgin and Child, which came to embody church doctrine, soon followed.
The Cult of the Virgin Mary in the Middle Ages | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan M the cult of the virgin mary in the middle ages... icon with the koimesis ("falling asleep") of the virgin mary, late 10th century byzantine; probably made in constantinople inscribed in greek: the koimesis ivory 7 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. (18.4 x 14.6 cm) gift of j.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/virg/hd_virg.htm [2102 words]
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National Gallery of Art, Mary, Queen of Heaven several of his paintings have been found in castile, suggesting that the netherlandish artist may have spent part of his career in spain. this unusually large painting depicts a mystic glorification of the virgin. hovering angels, garbed in silks and brocades of every conceivable hue, attend a central image of mary and surround a smaller, upper vision of her heavenly throne. on either side of the virgin'
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg40/gg40-41595.html [858 words]
Mary, Virgin - Rijksmuseum Amsterdam - Museum for Art and History mary, virgin... mary, virgin 1 - virgin mary 2 - final ... mary is generally referred to as the virgin, or the mother of god. in the middle ages she was a popular object of devotion among christians, and is still widely venerated.
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_encyclopedia/00047039?page=1&lang=en&context_space=aria_encyclopedia [563 words]
Mary, Virgin - Rijksmuseum Amsterdam - Museum for Art and History mary, virgin... mary, virgin 1 - virgin mary 2 - final ... virgin mary... mary was a jewish the jewish people from the hebrew word jehudi, meaning belonging to the tribe of judah, comes the word 'jew'. in broad terms, a jew is a descendant of the biblical patriarchs, abraham, isaac and jacob.
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_encyclopedia/00047039?lang=en [555 words]
Death of the Virgin - Rijksmuseum Amsterdam - Museum for Art and History death of the virgin... death of the virgin 1 - introduction 2 - characteristic ... title... deathbed of the virgin mary... year... c. 1476... artist... adriaen van wesel ... technique... oak... dimensions... 76 x 54 cm... object number... bk-nm-11859... extra large view of the image ... a mournful group surrounds the dying virgin mary, the mother of christ.
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/BK-NM-11859?lang=en [420 words]
National Gallery of Art, Christ on the Cross with the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Saint John (Getty Museum) christ on the cross with the virgin mary, mary magdalene, and saint john pietro da cortona italian, about 1661 pen and brown ink, with gray-brown wash, heightened with white bodycolor over black chalk 15 7/8 x 10 7/16 in. 92.gb.79 this highly finished study depicts the crucifixion of christ.
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=411 [226 words]
Tate Collection | The Girlhood of Mary Virgin by Dante Gabriel Rossetti dante gabriel rossetti 1828-1882 the girlhood of mary virgin 1848-9 oil on canvas support: 832 x 654 mm frame: 1080 x 905 x 75 mm painting bequeathed by lady jekyll 1937 n04872 the virgin mary is shown here as a young girl, working on an embroidery with her mother, st anne. her father, st joachim, is pruning a vine. the picture is full of symbolic details. the palm branch on the floor and thorny briar rose on the wall allude to christ'
http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?workid=12802 [150 words]