medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> http://www.geocities.com/cdesastre20008/MariaIntercesora.htm
> Amazing!
>
> I know lots of images of the Virgin showing Her breast to Christ in the Last Judgment, but no one
> so provocative. She is almost naked and, besides, she's gazing to the spectator, not to His Son
Dear Carlos,
In many churches in Bretagne, there are Nativity scenes with naked figures of the
Virgin Mary. We are obviously dealing with very different ideological and moral
attitudes towards the body in images like this. I know of no studies of this
phenomenon, but I would certainly be interested in references, if anyone knows of
any.
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
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