but is she modeling Mary, the Mother of Jesus? Or, on the contrary, are the unmistakable Marian motifs a shrewd pretext to exalt a popular actress? There is no easy answer to this question. The ...
Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, by Pietro Testa © The Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. Source: Christian Art.
The Rosary had traditionally fifteen mysteries or events of the lives of Jesus and Mary. The mysteries are grouped in three series: the joyful, the sorrowful, and the glorious mysteries. The painting ...