Portrait of Our Lady: Mary, Piero, and the Great Mother Archetype |
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Authors: | Kathleen Carey Ford |
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Abstract: | Mary the God-bearer is explored symbolically from the perspective of the archetype of the Great Mother as described by Carl Jung and Erich Neumann. Drawing from primordial and collective origins, the dark and the chthonic as well as the light and spiritual aspects of the archetype are considered as represented in the work of fifteenth century Italian painter Piero della Francesca. Piero's images of Mary incorporate body as well as spirit, power as well as vulnerability, death, as well as life and rebirth. The feminine presence of the Great Mother archetype creates a powerful dynamic on an unconscious level in both men and women that culminates in radical transformation. |
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Keywords: | feminine presence Mary Jung Piero Great Mother transformation |
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