Marian Art

[Rhamiel]

well like the title says
post pieces of art (paintings, poems, prayers) of the Blessed Virgin Mary

I will get the ball rolling

 

[Rhamiel]

here is another one I like, but do you think it is too ethereal?

 

[Nani-Day]

I use to hate pictures that made Mary or our Lord look too European, but ive grown to accept that its the artist's depiction. The "black" depictions that i grew up with arent very accurate either tbh.

Nice pictures.

 

[Rhamiel]

I am getting more and more interested in devotions to the 7 sorrows of Mary

 

[Lord Of The Forest]

This thread... I approve.

I'm still fairly new to the world of Marian art, but this one is my favourite to date. Its art nouveau style... its abundant symbolism... everything speaks the powerful beauty of our two mothers and their roles in salvation history, from Fall to Resurrection.

My mother, my daughter, life-giving, Eve,
Do not be ashamed, do not grieve,
The former things have passed away,
Our God has brought us to a New Day.
See, I am with Child,
Through whom all will be reconciled,
O Eve! My sister, my friend,
We will rejoice together
Forever
Life without end.

 

[concretecamper]

Not sure how to get the picture to show?

 

[Dylan Michael]

I am getting more and more interested in devotions to the 7 sorrows of Mary

You stole mine.
Our Lady who softens evil hearts. A beautiful icon with the coolest name ever.


And I'm glad you're growing in devotion to the seven sorrows. The order I'm applying to is devoted to that.

 

[Antigone]

This thread... I approve.

I'm still fairly new to the world of Marian art, but this one is my favourite to date. Its art nouveau style... its abundant symbolism... everything speaks the powerful beauty of our two mothers and their roles in salvation history, from Fall to Resurrection.

That's gorgeous. I love art nouveau.

 

[Fantine]

Was looking for something a little different, and came across this. What a contrast to Christmas songs like "Gentle Mary, Meek and Mild" (sung to the tune of "Good King Wenceslas.") What reserves of strength and courage and faith she must have had when she fled with Jesus and Joseph to Egypt!

 

[Dylan Michael]

I love the Statue of Our Lady of Walsingham:

 

[Eretria90]

I always liked the Austrian painting of Our Lady of the Bowed Head:

Google the story of this painting. It's pretty cool.


I've also always been a fan of the icon "Life-Giving Spring" icon as well:

I also like the statue of Our Lady of Walsingham.

 

[Dylan Michael]

Our Lady of Sorrows from the Retable of Stauffenberg:

 

[Rhamiel]

Our Lady Star of the Sea in a Coptic icon

 

[Tallguy88]

I've always liked Our Lady of Czestochowa

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Madonna_of_Cz?stochowa

 

[Fantine]

If you ever go to St. Louis, Tallguy, there is a beautiful shrine to the Black Madonna, in Eureka, just south of I-44 and Six Flags.

Eureka is way out in West County, and it's very tranquil, peaceful, and scenic.

Black Madonna Shrine

My parents always preferred Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville, but I thought that was awfully commercial. The Black Madonna Shrine was the life work of a Franciscan monk.

I have a musical/poetic contribution. It was part of morning prayer at divineoffice.org today. I'm cutting and pasting the poem.

Mary the dawn, Christ the Perfect Day;
Mary the gate, Christ the Heavenly Way !
Mary the root, Christ the Mystic Vine;
Mary the grape, Christ the Sacred Wine !
Mary the wheat sheaf, Christ the living Bread;
Mary the rose tree, Christ the Rose blood-red !
Mary the font, Christ the Cleansing Flood’
Mary the chalice, Christ the Saving Blood !
Mary the temple, Christ the temple’s Lord;
Mary the shrine, Christ the God adored !
Mary the beacon, Christ the Haven’s Rest;
Mary the mirror, Christ the Vision Blest !
Mary the mother, Christ the mother’s Son.
Both ever blest while endless ages run.
Amen.

Mary the Dawn; Medieval English text; Gregorian Tone 4,

 

[Chrystal-J]

This one is dramatic:

 

[concretecamper]

I've always liked Our Lady of Czestochowa

I was just at the National Shrine in Doylestown PA for the Catholic bible conference. What a great place!

 

[Dylan Michael]

In Israel, at the Church of the Annunciation, many countries donate murals of Mary. Most are beautiful:
Ireland:

Egypt:

Romania:


Wales:


Malta:


Thailand:



Somebody asked the tour guide if the US had a mural. He laughed nervously and said 'You'll see'.
And well, here it is:


I think it's terrifying and it does not remind me of Mary at all.

 

[Rhamiel]

I like the US one, it is more of a Song of Songs 6:10 Mary

"Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army set in array? "

 

[prodromos]

Two of my favorites,

Panagia Ierosolomitissa

and a variation on The King of Glory