Christian Response Essay 2: Divine Mirrors: The Virgin Mary In The Divine Arts Throughout my life I have never given much thought about the significance of the Virgin Mary. All I knew were limited to the basic teachings of World Religion and it could basically be summarized into a sentence: Mary was a virgin‚ and also the mother of Jesus Christ according to the religions of the book. However‚ after attending the talk by Melissa Kratz about the complex relationship between sacred imagery and
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BLESSED VIRGIN MARY When Jesus saw his mother‚ and the disciple whom he loved standing near‚ he said to his mother‚ "Woman‚ behold‚ your son!" Then he said to the disciple‚ "Behold‚ your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. Gospel of John 19:26-27 In this passage from John’s Gospel‚ Jesus Christ dying on the Cross tells "the disciple" to behold his Mother‚ the Blessed Virgin Mary. It seems that Jesus is referring to John‚ but the actual words are "the
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the subject of the paintings without having to think much about it. Both artists composed the figures in different styles. Adoration of the Shepherds is a baroque moment while Entombment is a static composition. In the Adoration of the Shepherds‚ Mary seems to have just unveiled Jesus and people can be seen still filing into the manger and some of the
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Starting with the "Madonna and Child" of Berlinghiero‚ which is a very unnatural image‚ Mary and Christ look flat because there is lack of showing depth. Mary is holding Jesus in her arm in front of a golden background. While Jesus looks towards his right‚ Mary is looking at the viewer. She has suffering expression in her face. The lines around her eyes and forehead‚ and her lips shows that she is upset. Mary appears like she knows the future crucifixion of her son. Also another reason why she is
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CHRISTOLOGY UNIT 3: MINISTRY OF THE INCARNATION AND THE ROLE OF MARY * * The sources of Knowledge of Jesus Christ- * Historical sources: * written by non-Christians * Tacitus * Pliny the younger * Josephus * Not interested in spreading the faith * Objective recorders of facts * * Mary Notes: * Mary‚ the Mother of God: * Theotokos- God bearer * Ecumenical council of Ephesus * Declared Mary the Mother of God * Greek word * “God-bearer”
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and not so obvious physical features of Jesus and Mary. Looking at the frail body of Jesus‚ his arms and legs are limp; his head is laid back proving his death and struggle. Although his body looks to be in fair condition‚ despite the events leading to his crucifixion‚ I would think damage to his torso and limbs would have been implemented into the stone. The Virgin Mary also stands out in my observations; one being her size proportion to Jesus. Mary dwarfs Jesus while sitting down and her drapery
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Throughout Sue Monk Kidd’s novel many major topics are founded on the concept of Motherly Instincts in women and how this ability should be embraced not criticized. Reasons for this which can be found in the novel are: August‚ the Beehive‚ and Black Mary. An example of motherly instinct shown throughout the novel is the actions of August towards others. Firstly‚ August expertly cares for all bees that she gathers honey from. One situation which displays this is when Lily states‚ “She was constantly
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The piece St. Luke Drawing the Virgin‚ c. 1435-40 by Flemish painter Rogier van der Weyden is an oil and tempera painting presented at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Its narrative is a popular theme in art‚ showing St. Luke painting the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus. Such paintings were often painted for chapels of Saint Luke (saint patron of artists) in European churches during the Renaissance. Fifteenth century Flemish painting in general and this particular piece are characterized by oil
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childhood and teenage years. Pi faces most of his struggles on the time with the tiger‚ Richard Parker‚ on the lifeboat. In Life of Pi‚ Yann Martel shows how Pi deals with hardships by his connection to the 12 Disciples‚ the Three Wise Men and the Virgin Mary. Pi was named after a swimming pool in Paris‚ Piscine (Martel 8). This is ironic because Pi’s parents never took a liking to water or swimming. When Pi was in primary school‚ kids used to call him ‘pissing’ because the way it sounds when Piscine
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the Western secular calendar The Assumption of Mary Assumption of the Virgin by Antoine Sallaert (1585–1650) © Roman Catholics believe the doctrine of the Assumption‚ which teaches that at the end of her life‚ Mary‚ the mother of Christ‚ was taken body and soul (i.e. both physically and spiritually) into heaven to live with her son (Jesus Christ) for ever. Human beings have to wait until the end of time for their bodily resurrection‚ but Mary ’s body was able to go straight to heaven because
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