Diane Apostolos-Cappadona

Mary Magdalene (eBook, ePUB)

A Visual History

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

From faithful apostle and seductress to feminist icon, Mary Magdalene's many complex roles in Christian history have fascinated us for 2000 years. Illustrated in full colour, this visual history reveals how images and presentations have created a Mary who is often far different from the real woman, the first witness of the Resurrection in the gospels, or even from her appearances in the works of the Church Fathers.

Beginning with the earliest sources, uncover who the real Mary was, and what she meant in her own time, before embarking on a fast-paced tour of Magdalene's depictions in great works of art, forgotten masterpieces and contemporary visual culture. Considering relics, statuary, paintings, sculpture and recent works for stage and screen, discover how Mary Magdalene has been seen across time as a witness, a sinner, a penitent, a contemplative, a preacher and a patroness.

Above all her complex roles, Mary has emerged as a powerful feminist icon, the closest person to Jesus himself, with a visual history as rich and varied as the roles she has fulfilled in numerous contexts of faith and worship for two millennia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780567705761
• Artikelnr.: 66658027

Autorenporträt

Diane Apostolos-Cappadona is Professor Emerita of Religious Art and Cultural History and Haub Director in the Catholic Studies Program, Georgetown University, USA

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Preface: A Perilous Journey Acknowledgments
Introduction Part One: Mary Magdalene: Toward A Visual History 1. Scripture
Sources 2. Patristic Sources 3. Eastern Christian Narratives and Traditions
4. Western Christian Narratives and Traditions 5. Symbols and Devotions 6.
Mary Magdalene through Christian Art 7. Coda Part Two: Selected Motifs 8.
Sinner/Seductress 9. Penitent 10. Anointer 11. Weeper 12. Witness 13.
Preacher 14. Contemplative 15. Reader 16. Patron 17. Feminist Icon
Afterword: A Reflection on Exhibitions Select Bibliography Index