Mary, mother of god: devotion and doctrine in the visual arts, 1450-1700

Abstract

"By clothing the Word with her flesh, the Virgin Mary made God visible, manifesting Christ as a perfect 'image' of the Father. By virtue of this archetypal 'artistry' of Incarnation, Mary mediates the tradition of Christian image-making. This volume explores images of the Mother of God in early modern devotion, piety, and power. The book is divided into four sections, the first three of which link the subjects thematically and geographically in Europe, while the last one follows Mary's legacy."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Introduction -- Our Lady of Grace: Holy Wars and Artisanal Competitions / Elliott D. Wise -- Marian Devotions from a Printer's Perspective: The Rosary, the Seven Sorrows, and Gerard Leeu (d. 1492) / Anna Dlabačová -- "Lectulus noster floridus": The Flower-Strewn Bed and the Virgin's Womb / James Clifton -- Matters of the Flesh: Michelangelo's Madonnas / Kim Butler Wingfield -- Revisiting the Annunciation in the Quattrocento: Wind, Kairos, Snail / Barbara Baert -- Duplex Intercessio: The Centrality of the Virgin in Giovanni Battista Gaulli's Dome Fresco in the Gesù / Steven F. Ostrow -- Van Dyck's Lamentation for the Church of the Recollects in Antwerp: Making Visible the Virgin Mary as Co-redemptrix / Barbara Haeger -- Navigating Theological Differences: Rembrandt and the Grieving Mother of Christ / Shelley Perlove -- Gemma Mexicanus: Our Lady of Tepepan in New Spain / Cristina Cruz González -- Picturing the Mughal Madonna: The Virgin Mary as a Symbol of Legitimacy and Royal Authority in Jahangir's Architecture / Mehreen Chida-Razvi.