Category:Death of Mary (subject)
The Death of Mary refers to an episode in the life of Mary of Nazareth. The episode is narrated only in later Christian tradition.
Overview
The four Gospels and the Acts of Apostles do not say anything about the circumstances of the death of Mary, and in general, her life after Pentecost. Christian tradition filled the gap, relating how the Twelve apostles were miraculously assembled to be present at the moment of her death.
Since the 4th-6th century, the death of Mary began to be associated with the belief in her miraculous assumption in Heaven. In the Roman Catholic church, such a belief was dogmatically defined on November 1, 1950 by Pope Pius XII.
The Death of Mary in Scholarship
Due to the complete lack of historical evidence, the actual circumstances of the death of Mary remain totally obscure.
The Death of Mary in Fiction
In Christian iconography the scenes of the Death and Assumption of Mary, originally separated, tend progressively to conflate in the same picture. Mantegna and Caravaggio offer late examples where the scene of the death of Mary maintain its autonomy.
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Pages in category "Death of Mary (subject)"
The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
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- Coronation of Mary (1324 Paolo Veneziano), art
- Death of Mary (1464 Mantegna), art
- Coronation of the Virgin (1465 Meister des Marienlebens), art
- Coronation of the Virgin (1490 Ghirlandaio), art
- Death and Assumption of the Virgin (1490 Ghirlandaio), art
- Coronation of the Virgin (1504 Perugino), art
- Coronation of the Virgin (1504 Raphael), art
- Assumption of Mary (1518 Titian), art
- Assumption of Mary (1590 Carracci), art
- Death of the Virgin (1606 Caravaggio), art
- Coronation of the Virgin (1611 Rubens), art
- Assumption of Mary (1626 Rubens), art
- Coronation of the Virgin (1644 Velázquez), art
- Assumption of the Virgin (1665 Puget), art
- Assumption of Mary (1735 Piazzetta), art