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Queen of Heaven in Catholic art

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she was at once queen of Heaven, where she was enthroned in the midst of angels, and queen of Earth, where she constantly manifested her power. The concept was carried over to art that decorated churches, e.g. the west porch of
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by Catholics, Mary was often painted as a Madonna with crown, surrounded by stars, standing on top of the world or the partly visible Moon. After the victory against the Turks at
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and Austria, sometimes apparently using crowns previously worn by earthly monarchs – a surviving small crown presented by
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The Virgin as queen was a recurring theme in many books composed in her honor in 13th century France. In the
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in her hands, or holds him. After he ascended into heaven to reign in divine glory, Mary, his mother, was
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and participates in his heavenly glory. One of the themes in the depiction of the Virgin as queen is the
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Early Christian art shows Mary in an elevated position. She carries her divine son
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painted the Queen of Heaven in 1450 with the face of the mistress of King
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In the early 16th century, Protestant reformers began to discourage
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where she is seated in regal state, as well as in a window at
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Image and relic: mediating the sacred in early medieval Rome
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in 1463. A recent coronation was that of the picture of the
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in which, following her Assumption, she is crowned as the
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decreed that such pictures of Mary should be venerated.
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seems to have been that worn by her at her wedding to
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in the mid-16th century confirmed the veneration of
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of the bishop of Rome. Also in the 8th century, the
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Santa Maria Antiqua
Virgin Mary
Jesus
assumed into heaven
Coronation of the Virgin
Assumption of Mary
Queen of Heaven
Apostles
Santa Maria Antiqua
Forum Romanum
Roman Catholic Marian churches
Pope John VII
Second Council of Nicaea
Chartres Cathedral
Notre Dame, Paris
Laon Cathedral

a series
Mariology
Catholic Church
Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Conception
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Overview
Prayers
Antiphons
Titles
Hymns to Mary
Devotional practices

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