Marian Art
The wonder and mystery of Mother Mary is that through her God entered into His creation as a tiny child, for our salvation. St. Proclus (c. 390 - 446), Archbishop of Constantinople, described Mother Mary as: the shell which contains the pearl of price, the sacred shrine, the golden altar, the holy oil of anointing, the costly alabaster box, and God’s only bridge to man. She is the “fruitful vine by whom we are carried from death unto life.” Mother Mary is the gentle and protective mother, the icon of the astonishing beauty of true humility. As Dante Alighieri in his master narrative poem, The Divine Comedy, envisioned her, she is the radiant star who leads us eternally to her Son.
Center Image: Virgin Annunciate, by Antonello da Messina, 1470s; Public Domain; additional artwork and collage by Juliette Pierce Kent
Center Image: Madonna del Granduca by Raphael (1505); Public Domain; Additional artwork and collage by Juliette Pierce Kent
Center Image: Panel with the Annunciation; Austrian ca. 1390; Metropolitan Museum Open Access, Public Domain; Additional artwork and collage by Juliette Pierce Kent.
Center Image: Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist. Florentine painter, mid-16th Century; MET Open Access, Public Domain; Additional artwork and collage by Juliette Pierce Kent
Center Image: Madonna and Child Master of the Lanckoronski Annunciation, Italian; Metropolitan Museum Open Access; Public Domain; additional art and collage by Juliette Pierce Kent.
Center Image: Madonna and Child, by Lorenzo Monaco, 1413; Met Open Access; Public Domain. Additional artwork and collage by Juliette Pierce Kent.
Center Image: The Annunciation; Italian; Metropolitan Museum Open Access; Public Domain; Additional artwork and collage by Juliette Pierce Kent.
Center Image: The Annunciation, by Petrus Christus; Netherlands; ca. 1445; Met Open Access; Public Domain. Additional artwork and collage by Juliette Pierce Kent.
Center Image: stained glass panel, c. 1430; MET Open Access, Public Domain; Additional artwork and collage by Juliette Pierce Kent
Center Image: Coronation of Mary, Annibale Carracci, c. 1595; MET Museum Open Access, Public Domain; additional artwork and collage by Juliette Pierce Kent
Our Lady of Guadalupe, apparition seen by Juan Diego. Additional artwork and collage by Juliette Pierce Kent.
Center Image: Madonna di San Sisto, by Raphael, c. 1513; Public Domain; additional artwork and collage by Juliette Pierce Kent
Center Image: Virgin and Child With an Angel, by Sandro Botticelli, (c.1475); Art Institute of Chicago; CC0; Open Access Public Domain. Additional artwork and collage by Juliette Pierce Kent.
Center Image: Assumption of the Virgin Mary, by Guido Reni, 1627; MET Open Access; Public Domain; additional artwork and collage by Juliette Pierce Kent
Center Image: The Virgin Annunciate, by Masolino da Panicale, c. 1430; National Gallery of Art, Open Access; Public Domain; additional artwork and collage by Juliette Pierce Kent.
Center Image: The Virgin in Prayer, by Giovanni Battista Salvi Da Sassoferrato, c. 1640; Public Domain. Additional artwork and collage by Juliette Pierce Kent.
Center Image: Coronation of the Virgin, by Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) Italian, ca. 1455. Metropolitan Museum Open Access; Public Domain. Additional art work and collage by Juliette Pierce Kent.