Sandro Botticelli (Italian, c. 1445-1510) ~ Mary with the Child and Singing Angels ~ c. 1480 ~ Oil on poplar panel ~ Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Mary with the Child and Singing Angels (detail)
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detail of Gwiazda Zaranna (Morning Star), 1874, Józef Szermentowski (1833-1876)
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Virgin and Child by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1888.
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"But then he is so good at grieving! He wears woe as others wear velvet; sorrow flatters him like the light of candles; tears become him like jewels.”
(w. crystal tears and vampire tears variations)
inspired by this veil
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O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Maria.
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versions of Madonna / Loving Woman, (1892-1895)
by Edvard Munch
oil on canvas, lithograph
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William Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905)
The Virgin of Consolation, 1875
Musée d'Orsay
Mary - Our Mother
Has Mary any relation to us? Yes, she surely has--is the answer of the Catholic Church. And it is the same today as it was in the fourth century: "Eve was called the mother of the living...after the fall this title was given to her. True it is...the whole race of man upon earth was born from Eve; but in reality it is from Mary that Life was truly born to the world. So that by giving birth to the Living One, Mary became the mother of all living" (Saint Epiphanius, Against Eighty Heresies, 78, 9).
Christians have expressed Mary's relationship to us by addressing her with the title "Our Mother." This, of course, does not denote motherhood in the natural sense of the term, but a real spiritual relationship. Just as truly as Saint Paul, speaking to the Corinthians, could say: "In Christ Jesus, through the Gospel, I have begotten you" (1 Corinthians 4:15), Mary can say to all: "In Christ Jesus, through my consent to your redemption, I have begotten you." She was associated in our regeneration by giving us its Author.
When Jesus Christ on Calvary addressed to Mary the words: "Woman, behold thy son," and to Saint John, "Behold thy mother," he proclaimed this truth. Christians always have considered Saint John as personifying all the redeemed who would look upon Mary as their "mother." This is the origin of devotion to Mary.
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insomnia didn’t let me rest so here it is sooner than expected, I brought you my bullets and Our Lady of Sorrows portrait I had in mind,
might add more ornate stuff on the edges of the wood panel later on, but the painting itself is done
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The Annunciation by Sandro Botticelli, 1490.
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so super sorry sir! by michael stamm, 2020, oil & acrylic on panel with frame, 42 x 32 inches
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