Religion 221a
Women and Gender In Early Christianity
Prof. Anne McGuire
Haverford College

Eve, Mary, and Mary Magdalene

in the History of Art:

A Small Gallery of Images

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EVE leaving the Garden of Eden as depicted by Masaccio (Active approx. 1401-1428)

Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise (1427) [Detail]

Mary the Mother of Jesus as depicted by Raphael (1483-1520)

Madonna and child (1505)
[The Cowper Madonna]

Mary the Mother of Jesus collapsing as Jesus is lowered from the Cross

R. van der Weyden, The Deposition (1435) [Detail]

Mary Magdalene

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The Pentitent Magdalene

Titian (1495-1576)

St. Mary Magdalene (1455), Baptistry, Florence

Donatello

Mary Magdalene at the feet of the crucified Jesus

Rogier van der Weyden (1400-1464)

The Deposition (1435) [Detail]

Resources for the Study of Artistic Images

From my web site for Relg. 216b, Images of Jesus

 

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