Mary Cassatt

The picture that I chose for my analysis is Abbess Hitda and Saint Walpurga, which was made in the early 11th century. The first thing my eyes catch, when look at the art, are two bodies interacting with one another. They both seem to be holding on to some sort of book, which I assume is some sort of holly book. One of them, who I assume is Saint Walpurga, is standing on some sort of stool that looks as if it is made out of gold giving her a height advantage, which makes me think she is higher in

This action represents that Virgin Mary has been given the position of the Queen of Heaven. As ideally heaven is above clouds, angels are surrounded and clouds are right beneath the three main powerful positions of God, Jesus, and Mary. God and Jesus take the honors together, with much respect and kindness, as they each hold the crown with one hand to place on Mary’s head of great powerful position. Indeed, as Mary accepts the honors, she has her hand extended open as if she

Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place this way. It was a very crowded weekend in Austin because Austin City Limits, the popular music festival, was about to start. Unfortunately Drake’s manager forgot to book him a hotel, so he was forced to spend the weekend in a barn with his mysteriously pregnant girlfriend, Nicki Minaj. Another unforeseen problem was the fact that Nicki was nine months pregnant. Although Drake was apprehensive, because he had been on tour without Nicki for the past year

For the Formal Analysis Essay, I have chosen the following artist and work of art to discuss: Faith Ringgold (African American, b. 1930), God Bless America, c. 1964, oil on canvas, approx 31” x 19”. The subject of Faith Ringgold’s God Bless America (Figure 1-22) is to inform us about the physical and emotional torment of African Americans prior to and during the Civil War. The painting symbolizes a white woman portrayed as a racist who is denying “blacks” to vote. The painting also shows the American

Annunciation and Visitation, the Annunciation is less contoured than Visitation. And even though Virgin Mary is on both the left and the right, the lines on the robe of right side Mary are clearly more defined than the left side to emphasize body language. But also, there is a difference between Angel Gabriel and Virgin Mary when we focus on Annunciation. Angel Gabriel has more definition than Virgin Mary as there is a more ‘S’ shaped figure with Gabriel as he bends his right

stable, low and very bare” by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge. “Ava Maria Plena Gratia" is a description of Mary’s conception of Jesus when the angel Gabriel visited her, while “I saw a stable, low and very bare” describes the events after Jesus’ birth in the manger with the farm animals and his two parents around him. The two poems both describe events that contribute to the Nativity, as well as the symbol of innocence, which is shown differently through Mary and Jesus. Mary has been given many titles,

Maternity can be found in scripture, with the help of some logic. The Divine Maternity refers to Mary as the mother of God. The Bible prepares us for Jesus to be born of a woman in verses like Galatians 4:4 and Matthew 1:23. Luke 1:35 takes place when the angel Gabriel came to Mary and told her she was to bare a son and he would be the son of God. If Mary is the mother of Jesus and Jesus is God then Mary is the mother of God. Another thing to keep in mind is that Gabriel was sent by God to speak in

People today view Mary as the most privileged woman who has ever lived, which can easily be the case, but not many people think about the price she had to pay for that title. Mary is one of the most important, and interesting people in the Bible. Mary is a central figure in the Gospel of Luke. Mary is also honored in the book of the Qur’an, as she is the only woman mentioned by name in that book. In Matthew, Mary played a very submissive role, she was never mentioned by her name, she was only mentioned

in this biblical scene between Mary and her cousin Elizabeth. To those unfamiliar with the biblical story of Mary and Joseph, the title plays an important role to the understanding the context of the work. Without any prior knowledge, The Visitation, hints that these figures are visiting one another only for a brief period of time, hence the greetings between the four figures with halos. Concerning the subject matter, The Visitation depicts the biblical figures, Mary, Joseph, their donkey, Elizabeth

Mary, the mother of Jesus, was a Hebrew woman, from the lineage of David. This fact was crucial to the understanding of Jesus as the messiah who was going to come according to the Old Testament, from the line of David. Furthermore, fertility was a big theme of the Jewish people because they were all expecting the Messiah. If a woman was not fertile, it meant that she was immediately left out from the possibility of being the mother of the Messiah they were expecting. However, Jewish people rejected