MADONNA by Tom Clark
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MADONNA by Tom Clark

"There are no descriptions of Mary in the four Gospels, indeed no descriptions of anyone, including Jesus! The early Icon artists were primarily interested in a lady who was a Mother and also a Queen, hence their depictions of her are simple, honest, unglamorous, but with a detached authoritarian expression. In the fourteenth century, Bridget of Sweden wrote of visions she had during a pilgrimage to Palestine. These were widely circulated and available to artists. In them she wrote, "I beheld a Virgin of extreme beauty . . . well wrapped in a white mantle and a delicate tunic . . ." In a later passage she refers to Mary's "golden hair falling down her shoulders." I yielded to this tradition and added the brooch of a dogwood blossom. The blossom, with its four white petals and rust-colored niches within, recalls the cross of Jesus. Mary, who sensed His destiny, kept this secret and pondered it in her heart."

Artist: Tom Clark
Release Date: January, 1999

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