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ABSTRACTS A BSTRACTS Kathy M. Bullough, “Serpents, Angels and Virgins: the Virgin Mary as “Second Eve” in the Art of Edward Burne-Jones” Christian art has recently attracted popular attention as part of the cultural revival celebrating 2000 years of western history and tradition. However, the religious art of the Pre-Raphaelites and their associates, in particular their depictions of the Virgin, has generally been neglected in critical stud- ies of Christian art. During his artistic career Edward Burne-Jones, a pupil of the Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti, sketched or painted no less than ten versions of the Annunciation. This article is primarily a detailed examination and analysis of the iconography employed by Burne- Jones in two versions of the Annunciation, the first painted between 1858- 61 and the second between 1876-9. The article demonstrates that the artist often adopts or employs iconography in an unconventional way which can provoke a reassessment of traditional Christian teachings. Both Annunciation paintings are analysed in relation to relevant theology, doc- trine and texts concerning the Virgin Mary and brief cross references are made to other examples of Marian art. Through an analysis of the iconog- raphy and symbolism of the paintings this article argues http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Religion and the Arts Brill

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Religion and the Arts , Volume 4 (4): 637 – Jan 1, 2000

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 2001 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1079-9265
eISSN
1568-5292
DOI
10.1163/156852901750369661
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A BSTRACTS Kathy M. Bullough, “Serpents, Angels and Virgins: the Virgin Mary as “Second Eve” in the Art of Edward Burne-Jones” Christian art has recently attracted popular attention as part of the cultural revival celebrating 2000 years of western history and tradition. However, the religious art of the Pre-Raphaelites and their associates, in particular their depictions of the Virgin, has generally been neglected in critical stud- ies of Christian art. During his artistic career Edward Burne-Jones, a pupil of the Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti, sketched or painted no less than ten versions of the Annunciation. This article is primarily a detailed examination and analysis of the iconography employed by Burne- Jones in two versions of the Annunciation, the first painted between 1858- 61 and the second between 1876-9. The article demonstrates that the artist often adopts or employs iconography in an unconventional way which can provoke a reassessment of traditional Christian teachings. Both Annunciation paintings are analysed in relation to relevant theology, doc- trine and texts concerning the Virgin Mary and brief cross references are made to other examples of Marian art. Through an analysis of the iconog- raphy and symbolism of the paintings this article argues

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Published: Jan 1, 2000

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