The question of prenatal and perinatal underpinnings of God images

2020 ◽  
pp. 179-185
Author(s):  
Helen Holmes
Keyword(s):  
God Images

The Grief of God: Images of the Suffering Jesus in Late Medieval England.Ellen M. Ross

Speculum ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 248-249
Author(s):  
Gail McMurray Gibson
Keyword(s):  
God Images ◽  
Late Medieval

Iconography «The Immaculate Conception of the Virgin» on the Materials of Ukrainian Icons of the Mother of God, XVIII-XIX Centuries

2020 ◽  
pp. 13-28
Author(s):  
Елена Александровна Сирая
Keyword(s):  
Virgin Mary ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
God Images ◽  
The West ◽  
Xviii Century ◽  
European Culture ◽  
Immaculate Conception ◽  
Artistic Life ◽  
The Masses ◽  
Church Art

Настоящая публикация посвящена одной из актуальных проблем культурного и духовного взаимодействия Украины и Запада. Данное исследование направлено на выявление истоков новых иконографий, а также видоизменения традиционных иконографий Богоматери на Украине в XVIII-XIX вв. Поднят и рассмотрен вопрос об опосредованном влиянии западноевропейской культуры XVIII в. на духовную и художественную жизнь Украины на примере появления и развития иконографии образа Богоматери «Непорочное Зачатие». В контексте исторического положения рассмотрено проникновение католического понимания зачатия Девы Марии в сознание православных иерархов Украины. В свою очередь это повлекло появление иконографии «Непорочного Зачатия». Распространение в XVIII в. этой западной иконографии Богоматери отражало изменение общественного понимания данного образа. Выделены основные иконографические особенности типа «Immaculata Conceptio» и рассмотрены на примерах украинских Богородичных икон XVIII-XIX вв. В статье публикуются неизвестные широким массам изображения Богородичных икон редкой иконографии. Систематизация знаний в области изучения икон Богородицы данного периода на Украине поможет лучше представить общую картину развития иконографии Богоматери. Данная статья может дополнить знания в области изучения памятников церковного искусства Нового времени и послужить иконографическим материалом для иконописцев и историков церковного искусства. The article is devoted to one of the topical №s of cultural and spiritual interaction between Ukraine and the West. This research is aimed to identify the origins of a new iconography as well as some modifications of a traditional iconography of the Mother of God in Ukraine in the XVIII-XIX centuries. It raises the question of an impact which the Western European culture had on a spiritual and artistic life in Ukraine in the XVIII century and how it mediated the creation and development of the iconography of the «Immaculate Conception» image of the Virgin. In the context of a historical situation, the penetration of the Catholic understanding of the conception of Virgin Mary in the minds of Orthodox Ukrainian hierarchs is considered. In its turn, it led to the formation of the «Immaculate Conception» iconography. The spread of a Western iconography of the Mother of God in the XVIII century reflected a change in public understanding of this image. The main iconographic features of the «Immaculata Conception» type are shown through the examples of Ukrainian icons of the Mother of God of the XVIII-XIX centuries. The article presents images of some rare dipterous icons whose iconography isquite unknown to the masses. Structuring the knowledge of Ukrainian icons of the Mother of God in the mentioned period might help to present more fully a process of iconographic development of the Mother of God images. This article could also complement to the research done in the field of studying modern Church art monuments and serve as an iconographic material for icon-painters and Church art historians.

scholarly journals Women, monotheism and the gender of God

2002 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Klopper
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
God Image ◽  
First Century ◽  
God Images ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Images Of God ◽  
Patriarchal Culture ◽  
Church And Society ◽  
Character Of God ◽  
The Way

God is experienced in heightened awareness that can only be represented in images and symbols. According to the Old Testament there was one male God, Yahweh, imaged as a father, king, judge, shepherd and more. Since God-images are cultural creations related to the time and place in which they were conceived, the male character of God is a natural reflection of the patriarchal culture of the ancient Near East. Twenty-first century women have difficulty relating to the male God-image and patriarchal church language, both of which justify the subordinate position of women in church and society. Investigation into Old Testament religion reveals that the way Israelite women dealt with the single male God opens the way for contemporary women to do likewise and create images of God with which they can identify.

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