Please check out this very interesting painting by Caravaggio on Terry's blog. I had not seen this particular painting before and it was a bit shocking to see the Blessed Mother portrayed in such a vulnerable manner. It makes me wonder what Caravaggio mindset or inspiration was when he decided to paint this particular subject in such an unusual way.
Terry: BTW, I wanted to leave you a comment at your blog. Are you familiar with a painting "The Assumption of Mary Magadelene." Have you ever heard this story before? Thanks!
Dear Esther,
ReplyDeleteI believe that The Assumption of Mary Magdalene has been painted by Jusepe de Ribera, José Antolinez, Domenichino and others.
Where and when the tradition arose that St Mary Magdalene`s body was subject to the same privilege as the Blessed Virgin Mary , I simply do not know.
It would seem to be contrary to the Traditions of the Catholic and Greek Churches.
I have always veered off the subject in my blog
Hope you and the family are well and will have a good and festive Fourth of July
BTW the comments section on my blog seems extremely temperamental. Sometimes it seems to work oter times it does not. I am not technically minded. I have always allowed comments. Why there are problems I really don`t know.
Kind regards
Terry
Thanks for the link.
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Hi Terry:
ReplyDeleteThank you. I believe I saw the one by de Ribera. Strange that those artists who appear to be Spanish and Italian and therefore I assume Catholic would paint so controversial a subject matter. I haven't shared it on my blog either for probably the same reasons as you.
As for your 4th of July wishes, thank you very much!
I do not know why the comment sections are like that. I will ask my son, maybe he knows.
Aloha for now,
Esther
My pleasure Elizabeth. I thought the painting was beautiful, not just your typical BVM painting is all.
My Zoe walked by as I looked and recognized the painting. She said it was in her Seton Spelling.
ReplyDeleteMary, Seton does use wonderful works of Catholic art. Thank you!
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