page_title: Marian art in the Catholic Church
section_title: The diversity of Marian art
hierarchical_section_title: Marian art in the Catholic Church / The diversity of Marian art
caption_attribution_description: Madonna of Humility
context_page_description: The Blessed Virgin Mary has been one of the major subjects of Western Art for centuries. Numerous pieces of Marian art in the Catholic Church covering a range of topics have been produced, from masters such as Michelangelo and Botticelli to works made by unknown peasant artisans.
  Marian art forms part of the fabric of Roman Catholic Marian culture through their emotional impact on the veneration of the Blessed Virgin. Images such as Our Lady of Guadalupe and the many artistic renditions of it as statues are not simply works of art but are a central elements of the daily lives of the Mexican people. Both Hidalgo and Zapata flew Guadalupan flags and depictions of the Virgin of Guadalupe continue to remain a key unifying element in the Mexican nation. The study of Mary via the field of Mariology is thus inherently intertwined with Marian art.
  The body of teachings that constitute Roman Catholic Mariology consist of four basic Marian dogmas: Perpetual virginity, Mother of God, Immaculate conception and Assumption into Heaven, derived from Biblical scripture, the writings of the Church Fathers, and the traditions of the Church.
context_section_description: Roman 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. Entire books, academic theses or lengthy scholarly works have been written on various aspects of Marian art in general and on specific topics such as the Black Madonna, Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos, Virgin of Mercy, Virgin of Ocotlán, or the Hortus conclusus and their doctrinal implications.
  Some of the leading Marian subjects include:
  Life of the Virgin, the group term for narrative subjects, including:
  Annunciation
  Nativity of Jesus in art
  Adoration of the Magi
  Adoration of the shepherds
  Christ taking leave of his Mother
  Pietà
  The Assumption in Art
  Coronation of the Virgin
  Other subjects include:
  Madonna (art), including the Madonna and Child and variations such as Madonna of humility and Virgin of Mercy
  Stabat Mater (art)
  Tree of Jesse
  The Holy family
  The tradition of Catholic Marian art has continued in the 21st century by artists such as Miguel Bejarano Moreno and Francisco Cárdenas Martínez.
caption: 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]
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