Posts tagged “mary magdalene”

  1. Every Mannerist worth his weight in papal commissions loves painting Mary Magdalene. Wake up, paint Mary Magdalene, repeat, that was the artist's watchword of the Renaissance. And it's not a Mary Magdalene painting if she's not half-dressed and brimming with repentance. If there was one thing Mary Magdalene loved, it was repenting. Wake up, repent of something, repeat, that was her watchword, presumably, if centuries-later paintings are anything to go by. In the Gospels themselves,…

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