19th cent Mexican retablo
Il mondo nelle mani
Come in alto, così in basso, recita uno dei più celebri princìpi dell’ermetismo. Il corpo umano è l’immagine dell’intero universo, una mappa simbolica in cui ad ogni organo corri…
The Miracle of the Palm Tree on the Flight to Egypt | Spanish | The Met
This sculpture, probably from a retable (decoration behind an altar) depicting Jesus commanding the palm tree to bend down so that the Holy Family could eat its fruit, is based upon New Testament Apocrypha, episodes from the life of Jesus not recounted in the Gospels
Shrine of the Virgin | German | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Made in Rhine valley, ca 1300, 'Shrine of the Virgin'. (German) The statue of Mary with the infant Christ opens to show God the father holding the crucified Christ, thus symbolizing how Mary became the physical vessel for the spiritual redemption of the world.
Batlló Majesty
Carved wooden images were a fundamental element in churches as objects o
Spanish colonial art – Liz Hager
La Mano Poderosa - Colonial Arts
Virgen Abrideira. La joya del museo
Shrine of the Virgin | German | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This rare devotional shrine manifests Christian belief in the miracle of the Incarnation, by which God took on human body and nature, uniting both human and divine in the person of Jesus. Closed, it is a statuette of the enthroned Virgin Mary nursing the infant Jesus
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Hindu Shrine2
krsna niche
Resurrection, St Paul de Meythet Church, Arcabas, Jean-Marie Pirot, 1998