Botticelli's Virgin Mary Paintings Part 2
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Botticelli's Virgin Mary Paintings Part 2
Well, lets continue with the final piece of Botticelli. Again, the Virgin Mary is praying to Baby Jesus. Meanwhile, the Baby, in a baby fashion, is reaching up to his mama. The the barn arrangement is quite humble. The only colors come from Mary and the Baby. It keeps the background and foreground from being too distracting. Anyhow, this painting deserves 5 star rating.
Again, the Virgin Mary has an angel entourage. The angels have the usual roses, hymn books and one has Lilli wreath. From the angels, only two stare into the eyes of the viewer. In the center, Baby Jesus is doing the blessing sign. His hand is on top of a pomegranate. No one knows what is the forbidden fruit. The "fruit" has been translated into either an apple or a pomegranate. In the Latin version, its the pomegranate. Its has to do with the myth of Persephone and Hades. Anyhow, this Botticelli painting deserves 5 star rating.
The colors in this painting are a bit faded. The Virgin Mary is the only one looking at the viewer. This arrangement is really quite common. I suppose there was a huge demand for the Virgin Mary with angels paintings. In any case, this painting deserves 5 star rating.
This time the Virgin is sitting on a lil red cherubim or chariot angel. She has also two angels and John the Baptist with her. Well, we are all already used to Botticelli's fancy details. Lets just keep moving right along. 5 stars.
The hand of the Virgin has vein markings. Botticelli here is aiming to capture the the realism of the skin. The same is seen in the hand of the angel. The face of Baby Jesus is... kinda fishy. I am not in a mood for explaining. Still, the model is a cute baby. On the bottom left, there is a Bible. The flowers of the angels are transparent. Kinda unnatural. Another 5 stars for Botticelli.
Again, another crowded Nativity painting. There are so many Italians in this painting. Boy there is even a peacock. The peacock is the symbol of marriage and family. It also represents Juno, the goddess of Marriage. Thus, there are pagan references in a biblical painting. Anyhow, this painting deserves 5 star rating.
Well, this is the usual depiction of the Virgin Mary. In all the Gothic churches, she is sitting on a throne. Usually, the throne resembles the roman Colosseum. This time, its the throne of the Caesar. Again, this painting is full of a bunch of saints. The angel in knight armor is Archangel Gabriel. He specializes in fighting the Devil. It was said that when he banished Lucifer the dark ages ensued. The Gothic world was born from the ashes of Devil. Thus began the 1000 year reign of Catholicism in Europe. As you can see, one of the predictions of the Apocalypse has already been fulfilled. The thing about prophecies is that its hard for the seer to explain what he sees. Plus, its hard to put a timeline on things. Thus, its good when you get numbers out of a seer. Think about it, the Catholics threw the old Jewish timeline out the window. However, all the prophecies of the Judea Christian Seer John, based his predictions on this timeline. Anyhow, there is a lot of food for thought on this matter. In any case, this lovely painting deserves 5 stars.
Again, the Virgin, the Angels and John the Baptist. This one deserves 5 star rating.
The arrangement of the angels is similar to the mythical beings from Primavera. They all have their hairs adorned with flowers. All these flowers alludes to the garden of paradise. They deserve 5 star rating.
The next scene takes place outside. The Virgin and Child are being attended by children. Behind them flowers are growing. Its cute how Baby Jesus has a lot of Baby mannerism. He wants his Mama to pick him up. Anyhow, this painting deserves 5 star rating.
The next painting is called "The Coronation of the Virgin". She appeared as the Queen of Heaven in Revelations. That book is considered 100% unaltered. Changing things in this book equates to loosing paradise or getting the Seven Plagues. Anyhow, this painting deserves 5 star rating.
Here the angels are parting the curtains to reveal paradise. Lets just keep moving. 5 stars for Botticelli's Virgin Mary painting.
Here the Virgin Mary is descending from her Earthly throne. This room bears the resemblance of a Catholic church private chapel. The Greek columns are separating the mundane from the profane. Anyhow, this painting deserve 5 star rating.
Again, a painting of the Virgin Mary in the throne. 5 stars.
The next painting has the Virgin and child with an angel. The angel is handing the Virgin a fruits basket with grapes and grains. The child is blessing the food before eating. A common practice. Many religions bless the food before eating it. It has to do with sacrifices. In the old days, you sacrifice a Goat to God and then you ate it. With animal sacrifices ending, now you pray around the dinner table. Also the grapes and grain are used to make the bread and wine. This alludes to the last supper. In any case, this painting deserves 5 star rating.
Again, John the Baptist shares room with the Virgin and Child. Anyhow, this painting deserves 5 star rating.
The next Virgin Mary has her hair adorned to the Italian fashion of the day. Her blue and red dress is also goes with the fashion of the day. In doing so, women who look at this Virgin Mary see themselves in the Virgin. She was also designed to serve as a model for all women. If women want to be good, they must mimic the behavior of the Virgin. What's silly is that the behavior demanded of women does not match the behavior of the Virgin. Consider, the Virgin did order God to make a miracle before his mission was supposed to start. Plus, most of Jesus followers where women. For more information, read my Mary Magdalene blog. Anyhow, Botticelli's panting deserves 5 star rating.
Again, the angels are parting the veil to reveal paradise. The Veil of God separates Humans from the Divine. Such concepts , that have a Kabalist overtone, was developed in the spiritual writings of the saints. Thus, in order to illustrate their visions, this paintings where commissioned. It was a way to approach the masses. Anyhow, this painting deserves 5 star rating.
Above, we see another Annunciation. This one has a lot of pretty details. Botticelli was able to make the angel looks androgynous. Pretty neat. Well, the angels did not suffer the split of genders like mankind. Thus, they look more like God than we do. We are half baked true humans. Anyhow, this lovely painting deserves 5 star rating.
These Saints seem to almost get out of the frame. This painting takes place in the Garden of Eden. As for the Virgin, she is about to breast feed her Baby Jesus. In the center down, there is the cruxified Jesus. The garden is pretty neat. In any case, this painting deserves 5 star rating.
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very impressive!
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