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020 _a9780971007048, 0971007047
100 _aMarion Wheeler
245 _a Mary : images of the Virgin in art
_bselections from the New Testament, Apocryphal Gospels, devotions, hymns, legends, and poetry
260 _aNew York
_bBCL Press
_c[2002], ©1998
520 _aMary: Images of the Virgin in Art portrays the life of the mother of Christ with more than 100 full-page, color reproductions of the Virgin's face as depicted by the world's greatest artists from the twelfth century to the present. From century to century, from country to country, we see the fascinating way each of the artists' representations of Mary reflects the values of their time and society. The portraits of Mary illuminate her roles as virgin and mother, mortal woman and immortal Queen of Heaven, and the way those incarnations were idealized in so many different times and places. These depictions of the Virgin Mary -- of her youth and maturity, in her joy, sorrow, and glory -- selected from both museums and private collections represent a stunning treasury of Marian iconograhy. Selections from sacred and secular texts from diverse traditions, many in translation, offer a treasury of words as rich and varied as the images they accompnay. - Jacket flap
690 _aMary, Blessed Virgin, Saint Literary collections
942 _n0
999 _c2017
_d2017