Madonnas by Kyra Belan

Madonnas by Kyra Belan

During the Renaissance, Italian painters would traditionally depict the wives of their patrons as Madonnas. The artists would often overstate the beauty of their models, rendering them more beautiful than they actually were.

The contemporary representation of the Mother of Christ, however, tended to remain unchanged. Images expressive of the joy at her son's birth and the pain of grieving for her son do not differ greatly from artist to artist. With the passing of time, Mary gradually lost some of her spiritual characteristics and became more humane, more accessible to human sentiments. The path, which led artists from portraying the sacred to the profane, is discussed by the author: a study of women through the changing image of the Virgin Mary, over the past two thousand years, and which is still very evident today.

Containing more than 200 illustrations, this book explores an exciting new way of understanding representations of the most frequently painted Christian female.

Belan, Kyra: - Author, artist and art historian, Dr. Kyra Belan received her B.F.A. at Arizona State University and her M.F.A. at Florida State University, both degrees in Visual Arts. Her Ed.D. from Florida International University is in Art History and Higher Education. Dr. BelAn has had over forty solo exhibitions and over eighty group exhibitions in museums and galleries across the nation and abroad. Her work is in numerous private and public collections, including The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL; The Latin American Art Museum, Miami, FL; Broward Art in Public Places, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; and Metro-Dade Art in Public Places, Miami, FL. Dr. Belan has also received numerous honors and awards, including Florida Arts CouncilAs Individual Artist Fellowship, Barbara Deming Memorial Fund Grant, Outstanding Artist of the Southeast, Who is Who in American Art, and International Woman of the Year from Biographical Institute, Cambridge, England. She is currently an Otto M. Burkhardt Endowed Chair and a professor of art and art history at Broward Community College, Pembroke Pines, FL.

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ISBN 13	9781859957936
ISBN 10	1859957935
Title	Madonnas
Author	Kyra Belan
Series	Temporis Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Parkstone Press Ltd
Year published	2001-07-01
Number of pages	218
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.