I really do not like some religious art. You know the type, pale, weak looking saints with their eyes rolled back in their heads as they gaze into heaven, pained expressions on their faces. In some of these works, Mary is contemplative or solemn but there is depth to her. Some picture her as delicate, trying to capture a sense of her gentle spirituality. Other artists centre on her earthly motherhood but all draw us in and lead us to prayer.
“Behold the Light” is Nancy Lee Moran’s first interpretation of Mary and baby Jesus.
Paul Mullally
Viktor Vasnetsov, Mary and Child, St Volodymyr’s Cathedral in Kiev.
Jan van Scorel (Workshop of), (1495-1562), Dutch Madonna and Child, 16th century
Lombard artist (ca. 1520), Madonna and Child
Henry Ossawa Tanner “Mary”
Madonna-of-the-mount-Thomas Cooper Gotch
Guercino, Madonna con Bambino Bologna
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These are exquisite images, and are different. I don’t recall ever seeing any of them before. We have something in common; you like lesser-known Marian art and I like writing about Mary under some of her lesser-known titles. Also, I’ve been married 36 years as well, but only was blessed with 3 children.
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