Black Madonna

successful their lives have become. Just as Mary was once “bound in chains”, the Boatwright sisters were forced into work in domestic positions despite their college educations (149). This comes to play in Lily’s life because every time she sees the black Mary it is a symbol for strength and gives her hope. Seeing how far everyone has come, this also gives Lily hope and makes her spiritual. ! ! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Katherine Liu! Professor Wolterbeek! English 1B! 05/12/2014 Page 4 of 5 


The Black Madonna was painted by St. Luke the Evangielist. While painting this image it is said that Mary told St. Luke about the life of Jesus. Later, he used this information when writing the Gospels. In 326 A.D. St.Helen found the painting in Jerusalem and gifted to her son. Then, her son used it to build a shrine in Constantinople, but during a battle it was place in the city. Miraculously, the army fled and the Black Madonna protected the city. During a battle

Holy Virgin Mary was created by Chris Ofili in 1996. It is a mixed media painting, including paper collage, oil paint, glitter, polyester resin, map pins and elephant dung on linen with the size of 243.8 cm X 182.9 cm. The artwork portrays Mary, a black virgin, wearing a blue cape covers from her head down to her body. The cape wraps around her body, leaving an open space that reveals her right breast that was actually a dried lump of elephant dung. The woman was positioned standing in the center

For many, Madonna was the icon of a generation, the woman who changed pop music forever and who demonstrated that women artists do not need to conform to societally determined gender roles. She showed that women could be anything they want, in the process influencing future musicians for decades to come. Although Madonna was born into a religious, Catholic family, it would be only a few years before Madonna would explicitly act against her family’s Catholic beliefs, by using the Church as a centerpiece

Madonna’s Madonna and Child of the Goldfinch (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston) of c. 1395-1400 and Antoniazzo

Painter Chris Ofili is well known in his highly decorative style to playfully explore the notion of black cultural identity. British born to Nigerian parents artist Chris Ofili often makes work highlighting political conversations. In 1998 he won the Turner Prize, the painting No Woman, No Cry was one of the works included in exhibition which won him the prize. It was made while he was living and working in London, a time period of Ofili’s practice, beginning in 1996, in which he shifted from making

thinks of the 1980s, often the first thing they think about is the big hair. Perhaps they think of the iconic soap opera cliffhangers or the War of Drugs. Or maybe they think of Madonna. Madonna’s career fully embraced the sexual onslaught of the 1980s, and in addition to becoming a pop icon she became a sex icon. Madonna faced much adversity in her life and career from the start. In addition to having a rough childhood, she struggled to make her way to the top. And once she finally did that, her

“The Madonna and Child with Saint Anne and an Angel” is an art piece with many different art principles and elements that are conveyed in such a manor that alludes complexity and great importance. The picture consists of four individuals- an angel, a baby, a Madonna or mother, and Saint Anne. The baby, cradled and asleep, is being overlooked by an angel, as the angel seems to be covering the child with a white blanket and much great care. Contrary to modern pictures, the angel has black wings wearing

provide viewers with a look at the superstar this is Madonna. From shots of fans waiting outside her hotel room to sweeping corridor shots before a performance that highlight her extensive crew, it is hard to Keshishian to escape using these shots to show viewers Madonna’s daily life on tour. When it comes to filming her live performances, however, Keshishian is unable to use any other shot because of the theatrics of the performance. Madonna herself acknowledges that her tour is like going to the

The Secret Life of Bees begins in the town of Sylvan, South Carolina and tells the story of 14-year-old Lily Melissa Owens. She lives on a peach orchard with her neglectful and abusive father, T. Ray. They have Black maid named Rosaleen who is a companion and caretaker of Lily. The book opens with Lily's discovery of bees in her bedroom and the story of how she killed her mother. The eve before her birthday Lily sneaks out into the peach orchard to visit the box of her mother’s belongings which is