Posted on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 by blogmeridian2
I want to return to this image for a moment, which I posted on earlier, in light of a nudge I received from some reading I did last week.
From Sandra Messinger Cypess’ La Malinche in Mexican Literature: From History to Myth, as part of a discussion of Rosario Castellanos’ essay, “Once Again Sor Juana”:
Veneration of [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 by blogmeridian2
(Cross-posted at Blog Meridian)
Frieze depicting the Virgin of Guadalupe’s appearance to Juan Diego, on the east side of the old basilica dedicated to the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico City. 1531-1709. Image taken by the Mrs. Click to enlarge.
As regulars here know, I recently posted a discussion of a couple of paintings depicting [...]
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Posted on Saturday, October 25, 2008 by blogmeridian2
Left: Anonymous, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de México, Patrona de la Nueva España. 18th Century. Museo de la Basílica de Guadalupe, Mexico City (Image found here); right: Josefus de Rivera y Argomanis, Verdadero Retrato de Santa Maria Virgen de Guadalupe, Patrona Principal de la Nueva España Jurada en Mexico. 1778. [...]
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Posted on Saturday, May 3, 2008 by blogmeridian2
This is a bit outside the concerns of this blog, but not too far afield. While looking at some paintings by Salvador Dalí this morning I ran across this: The Virgin of Guadalupe (1959)
(click to enlarge the image; originally found at Virtual Dalí)
The Virgin of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico, is not just [...]
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