medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
In a recent Bulletin from the Met Museum of Art, an image caught my eye.
With regard to the image, eventually identified as Trinitarian, of what was
at first thought to be Mary, see:
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Ingres/Ingres/HTML/el_ingres_cat10_rel1e.htm
The image is identified in the Bulletin as "Virgin Mary as a Personification
of the Church Triumphant." I confess I would not have associated this image
of "threatening monumentality" with the Annunciation! It's the spindle and
distaff in the left hand that do it for the author of the description in the
Bulletin. The blurb on the web explains why this image is juxtaposed with
Ingres's image of Napoleon, fascinatin' stuff...
MG
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