Monthly Archives: May 2013

Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

1753 View of sculptures on the facade of Santa Maria Maggiore Fuga, Ferdinando Photographer: Emily Shaw Image Source: Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History, Columbia University

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Syzygy

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Home Oxygen

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Rosa Mistica

This garage sale find is reference to a very specific Marian apparition. I’ve always been fascinated by them — very rarely does the apparition identify herself as Mary, mother of Jesus from the get go. It’s only later when the priests get involved … Continue reading

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Male Figure Before a Goddess Drawing Aside Her Mantle

Cylinder seal and impression Syria (ca. 1720–1650 B.C.) For the ancient Near East, the act of procreation symbolized creation itself. The female figure in this scene reveals only her pubic area as if to emphasize this idea of procreation rather than … Continue reading

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Magdalene

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Generation

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Questions, questions…

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Study of a Lady

ca. 1785 Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788) The Morgan Library

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Dalete

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