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The “Divinization” of Mary of Nazareth in Christian Imagination

The Iconography of the Virgin Mary

René Pio B. Javellana, S.J.

From: Landas Vol. 19 No. 1 (2005)

  • January 1, 2005
  • pp. 101–118

Abstract

Iconography has two broad meanings: the creative act of producing an image of a sacred figure, and the act of decoding and interpreting such an image; this essay concerns itself more with the latter.

Research Areas: Historical Theology, Marian Studies

Keywords: Christian Art, Divinization, Iconography, imagination, Virgin Mary