Yeah, I know it’s only the photo and no text, but I think you can tell that the photographer added the name rather than it being what the statue was actually called. Why do I say that? Look here: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=photographybyivan.com%20%20%22Mary’s%20Sacrifice&rlz=1W1GGLL_en&aql=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
I have no reason to believe any of those pieces were named necessarily.
Also, I should point out the obvious: Mary’s left hand is on her heart and her right hand is draped on the crossbeam rather than BEING NAILED THERE OR EVEN TIED THERE. Mary is clearly NOT PORTRAYED AS BEING CRUCIFIED. Her sacrifice is the giving up of her beloved Son. The placing of her hand on her heart shows her longing for her Son.
NEXT!
Well done, Vlad. Thank you.
I don’t know, but there’s a possibility that her hand over her heart is the artist’s understanding of the Scripture from Luke, when Simeon prophecies that “a sword shall pierce your heart”.
I had a friend whose son was murdered in the process of a theft. This mother told me that she understood why we are told that a sword peierced the heart of Mary.
What mother can endure watching her Son being crucified, and not have a piercing of her heart.
Actually, that was all established before. We even had a picture of the entire graveyard. No one can establish that it’s actually Mary and not the person in the grave depicted there.
The big thing is that some people don’t want art depicting anyone touching a cross. To me, that’s a bit OCD, but hey, to each his own. If someone is looking to be offended, he/she will be.
Now, are ALL Catholics trying to put Mary on a cross? No, but some will never let a good picture go to waste.
All that I know about the title given to it, "Mary's Sacrifice," is that it appeared on his website. The Google cache is still here.
That the art, if indeed representing Mary, doesn't bother you is irrelevant to the fact that it bothers me.
I don’t know, but there’s a possibility that her hand over her heart is the artist’s understanding of the Scripture from Luke, when Simeon prophecies that “a sword shall pierce your heart”. Did Simeon know that when the sword piercd the heart of Jesus that, in spirit, Mary’s heart would feel the piercing?
I had a friend whose son was murdered in the process of a theft. This grieving mother told me that she understood why we are told that a sword peierced the heart of Mary.
What mother can endure watching her Son being crucified, and not have a piercing of her heart.
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