Painting Summary: The Virgin Of Mary
The Virgin of Mary has taken up thousands of different forms in Christianity. Each form of The Virgin of Mary has its own story but one quality remains consistent: the purity and chastity of The Virgin Mary. In Our Virgin of Guadalupe a somber and heart rending version of The Virgin Mary can be seen as she is depicted as a pregnant woman, looking down and being in sorrow because of her son's death as she sees the crown of thorns on the ground. Through the use of composition that highlights The Virgin of Guadalupe, Dark color scheme and the narrative of the Apocalyptic Woman and the Virgin Mary, the painting of Our Virgin of Guadalupe evokes a somber and endearing response from the viewers. The composition of this painting brings in the attention to the Virgin of Guadalupe. The dark space in the background, and the light shining directly on her divert the eye to the center of the painting. The curved curtains in the background also frame her in the center. The composition of the painting also brings attention to the crown of thorns at the bottom of the painting. This attention is brought by the flowers on the
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The narrative describes "a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars" (12:1) in the story of the Apocalyptic Woman. Similar to the painting as the Virgin of Guadalupe is also depicted as being pregnant. The Virgin of Guadalupe also has a crown of eleven stars but the number is close enough to assume that it was meant to be twelve stars. Twelve is a significant number in catholicism, the twelve stars symbolize the twelve tribes of the Old Testament people and the twelve apostles in the New Testament. In the Apocalyptic Woman, the main subject had to battle with dragons, a symbol of Satan or evil to protect her unborn son, allowing the woman to gain empathy from the viewer as a strong religious
The narrative describes "a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars" (12:1) in the story of the Apocalyptic Woman. Similar to the painting as the Virgin of Guadalupe is also depicted as being pregnant. The Virgin of Guadalupe also has a crown of eleven stars but the number is close enough to assume that it was meant to be twelve stars. Twelve is a significant number in catholicism, the twelve stars symbolize the twelve tribes of the Old Testament people and the twelve apostles in the New Testament. In the Apocalyptic Woman, the main subject had to battle with dragons, a symbol of Satan or evil to protect her unborn son, allowing the woman to gain empathy from the viewer as a strong religious