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The Goya Murals in the Cartuja de Aula Dei (Ciclo pictórico de la Vida de la Virgen de la Cartuja del Aula Dei, 1774) are a cycle of mural paintings on the Life of the Virgin by Francisco de Goya, realised in secco (i.e., painted in oils directly onto the wall surface), in the church of the Charterhouse of Aula Dei (Spanish: Cartuja de Aula Dei) near Peñaflor de Gállego on the outskirts of ...
It is considered the first gothic cathedral in Spain. [37] Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary: El Burgo de Osma Castile and Leon: Osma-Soria: 1272 [38] Co-Cathedral of Saint Julian: Ferrol Galicia: Mondoñedo-Ferrol: 1959 [39] Cathedral of Saint Mary Magdalene: Getafe Madrid: Getafe: 1995 [40] Cathedral of Saint Mary: Girona Catalonia: Girona ...
The cathedral is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, patroness of the city, and has a 13th-century statue known as the Mother of God of Urgell (Mare de Déu d'Urgell) and also as the Virgin of Andorra. The cathedral has had several restorations in the 20th century. The first was initiated by Josep Puig i Cadafalch in 1918. Between 1955 and 1974 the ...
Benozzo Gozzoli, work includes frescoes in the Magi Chapel and paintings of saints and Mother Mary [258] [259] Matthias Grünewald, German Catholic religious artist [260] Guercino, The Burial of St. Petronilla [261] Ignaz Günther, Bavarian Rococo sculptor and woodcarver best remembered for his work in churches [262] [263]
The Madonna of humility by Domenico di Bartolo 1433 has been described as one of the most innovative devotional images from the early Renaissance [35]. Catholic Marian art has expressed a wide range of theological topics that relate to Mary, often in ways that are far from obvious, and whose meaning can only be recovered by detailed scholarly analysis.
The Cathedral of Saint Mary of Burgos (Spanish: Catedral de Burgos) is a Catholic church dedicated to the Virgin Mary located in the historical center of the Spanish city of Burgos. Its official name is the Holy Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica Church of St Mary of Burgos ( Spanish : Santa Iglesia Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de Santa María ...
For instance, the 1955 rededication by Pope Pius XII of the church of Saint James the Great in Montreal, with the new title Mary, Queen of the World, Cathedral, was a reflection of his being called "the most Marian pope". A year earlier, Pope Pius XII had proclaimed that title for the Virgin Mary in his 1954 encyclical Ad Caeli Reginam. [1]