Posted in Katholikos, Marian Art, tagged Mary, painting on 15 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Assumption of the Virgin by Francesco Botticini (~1446 – 1498)
Tempera on wood, 228.6 x 377.2 cm – c.1475-6
The National Gallery, London, UK
Additional Resources:
The Catholic Encyclopedia: The Feast of the Assumption
Fisheaters: The Feast of the Assumption
Women for Faith and Family: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Deacon Steve from Lansing: Solemnity of the Assumption of [...]
Posted in Katholikos, Marian Art, tagged Mary, painting on 10 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Above: The Polish Madonna.
For all the Mothers today, here is an article about your vocation. Unfortunately, this essay seems to have disappeared from the web. The complete article appears below the jump. Enjoy!
The Corporal Works of Mommy
Don’t have time for the Corporal Works of Mercy? Try these!
By Lisa Popcak
10/1/2003
Do you wish you had more time [...]
Posted in Holy Trinity Art, Marian Art, tagged El Greco, Holy Trinity, Mary, painting on 18 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Coronation of the Virgin by El Greco (Domenikos Theotocopoulos) (1541 – 1614).
Oil on canvas. 90 x 100 cm c.1592-1605?
Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
Posted in Marian Art, tagged Mary, painting on 10 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Black Madonna of Częstochowa (Polish: Czarna Madonna Częstochowska)
Traditionally held to have been painted by St. Luke the Evangelist.
Wood panel 122.2 x 82.2 x 3.5 cm
Monastery of Jasna Góra in Częstochowa, Poland.
For more on this history of this image, see:
EWTN: The Black Madonna of Poland — Our Lady of Częstochowa and Jasna Góra
Jasna Góra Monastery Homepage [...]
Posted in Marian Art, tagged Mary, painting on 6 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Madonna and Child with Six Saints by Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510)
Tempera on panel, 1470
66 7/8 x 76 3/8 inches (170 x 194 cm)
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
The saints are standing, (L-R) Mary Magdalene, John the Baptist, Francis of Assisi, Catherine of Alexandria and, kneeling, Cosmas and Damian.
Posted in Marian Art, Picture of the Day, tagged Eckert, Mary, seminary on 4 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Our Lady of New Life by Humberto Maestas of San Luis Colorado
Bronze Sculpture
St. John Vianney Seminary, Denver, Colorado
Photograph by Allan Eckert
Posted in Goals, Marian Art, Suggestions, tagged Mary, painting, quote on 27 April 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Except from La Vierge au Lys [The Virgin of the Lilies]
by William Bouguereau (1899)
REDEMPTORIS MATER
MOTHER OF THE REDEEMER
Encyclical – Pope John Paul II
March 25, 1987
PART II – THE MOTHER OF GOD AT THE CENTER OF THE PILGRIM CHURCH
* 2. The Church’s journey and the unity of all Christians
33. This year there occurs the twelfth [...]
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