Mary in Western Art

by Verdon, Timothy

• ISBN13: 9780971298194
• ISBN10: 097129819X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-30
• Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Ltd

Summary

This timely publication ponders the presence of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, in art, and seeks to evoke the affective rationale underlying Mary's centuries old fascination.

Table of Contents

"Ecce ancilla Domini"	p. 9
The Mother, the Virgin, the Queen	p. 11
Mary in Christian Art, Imagination and Life	p. 19
Mary as Figure	p. 30
Sponsa Christi and Figure of the Church	p. 35
Mary, Figure of Spiritual Desire	p. 40
Door, Ark and Womb	p. 44
Mater Misericordiae	p. 47
The Woman Robed in the Sun, Figure of Prayerful Suffering	p. 53
Mary and the Eucharist	p. 56
Milk and the Earth	p. 61
New Eve, Seat of Wisdom, Regina sanctorum	p. 69
Mary as Woman	p. 84
Parents, Birth, Education, Betrothal	p. 89
The Annunciation	p. 95
The Visitation, the Pregnancy, the Nativity	p. 106
Mary as Mother and Educator	p. 124
From Cana to the Foot of the Cross	p. 144
Pentecost, Dormitio, Assumption / Coronation and Intercession	p. 168
Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God	p. 177
Mary and the City: Florence	p. 180
The Topography of Marian Devotion	p. 186
Santa Maria del Fiore	p. 196
Mary and Renaissance Humanism	p. 203
Mary in the Houses of the Wealthy	p. 209
Exploring the Psyche	p. 211
Mary in the Tondo Doni	p. 217
Mater dolorosa, mater gloriosa	p. 223
Index of the Artists and their Works	p. 230
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