Religious art theme - the Virgin Mary mourning son

Mary reportedly pregnant by ear into the body, so God sent Christ carrying the cross of Christ Child Mary coming towards the front is the representative of the Holy Spirit to guide pigeons, which are slow to Mary's ear aspects slow landing.
Virgin Mary sat in the spacious and elegant and interior, which is typical of the Nordic delicate painting style. Archangel Gabriel suddenly come in front of the Virgin Mary can not help throbbing a little, look away from the shelves of books. Gabriel holding hands with scrolls, written on a number of "Ave Maria! Full of grace" and other words. Also "Annunciation tapestry" is emphasized her virgin pregnancy, such as a closed garden, and placed in the bottle single white lily flower is a symbol of her purity.
Piece of tapestry is likely to be woven in Flanders region of Arras, Arras was because tapestry production center, its location is found in Spain, which is understandable. Flemish tapestry are renowned throughout Europe, especially in the Spanish art treasures of Flanders; and has close diplomatic and commercial ties between the Spanish and Flemish, so painting itIt may be transferred to the Spanish.
Duke  Bailey is one of the most famous medieval patron of the arts, he is keen to collect a variety of tapestry, gold ornaments, jewelry and daily lessons through other crafts. Presented here is the Japanese lesson by Illustration, fine parchment, delicate ornaments make extraordinary works dazzling FIG.
"Pieta" This theme was both noble and rigorous process. Our Lady robe deep folds, gold jewelery emphasize selvage, and shape the plate like Christ in sharp contrast. Become stiff due to the death of Christ, and had had his crucifixion wounds.
Here the body of Christ may reflect short German religious thought in some of the characteristics of mysticism. They believe that the case of the Virgin of extreme grief, fancies himself once again holding the infant Christ.
Religious mystics imagine the suffering of Christ, Mary, as a mother's pain, as well as the scene of Christ's crucifixion. The artist According to these religious mystics imagine the grief of Mary into visual image - the body of Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary in her lap. Therefore, the child is considered the Virgin grief is another religious themes, scenes and other traditional Passion of Christ is different.
"Pieta" performance both direct and solemn. The statue show the artistic features of German mid-14th century: Preference powerful gesture, bold and with a touch of style, as well as dynamic sense at right angles. "Holy War" Our Lady of the performance of the dead son mourning scene.

Pieta

Early Christian art and culture of religious art - color tiles "Virgin and Child"

As a visual art paintings and statues in the religious life in the end what kind of function to play?This became eight or nine centuries of Christian life of the major issues in the sect inside a heated debate took place. In 730 AD, the Eastern Roman emperor Leo III issued a targeted ban on employing the image to show Christ, the Virgin Mary, saints and angels. The ban was lifted until AD 843, the character icon to regain contact and Western art world, classical art forms to re-occupy a place in the religious art activities.
AD a century to the early fourth century, Christianity in the Roman Empire was banned, and even suffered several brutal repression.
AD 64, an inexplicable fire burning in the city of Rome, the entire city of Rome fell into chaos, wood burning house explosion sounds and cries of the people of a hybrid. Roman Emperor Nero blamed the Christians to the blaze. At the moment though it is midnight, he ordered those captured Christians, treat them as torches burned alive. Christian policy under high pressure has been severely damaged, missionary activities and dissemination of religious art culture had to go underground.
After 300 years after Christian persecution, AD 313, Constantine recognized the "sacred values" of Christianity, presented the "Edict of Milan", so be legalized Christianity. Shortly thereafter, was designated as the Roman Christian "state religion." At this point in the disintegration of the Roman Empire has eve.
Early Christian art has been rapid development. Early Christianity inherited the tradition of Judaism, prohibit idolatry, banning all religious images, in just a few symbolic images such as crosses, lamb, shepherd, etc., to convey religious ideas. Venus goddess worshiped by the people in those days at this time is seen as something like a banshee was defamatory. Venus statue was found as long as the entity will be destroyed immediately. However, later on, Christian art works of body art is still there, between believers secret will inject some religious images, and gradually developed into a public art activities.
Early Christian architecture called traditional "Basilica" style architecture, it looks inherited classical Roman architecture, "power" of the United States, while the internal emulate the ornate beauty of oriental temples. To decorate interior of the church, there is a new art form - a small colored tiles, mosaic "Bible" in the figure, where "The Virgin and Child>" holy divisions "and other subjects are widely used.