The Cult of the Virgin
Subtitle: Offerings, Ornaments, and Festivals
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: June 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780500019887
Subjects: Christian worship; Religious subjects depicted in art; Saints & hagiography; Worship; Mary,; Christianity - Theology - Christology; Art & Art Instruction; Art; Shrines; Christian Theology - Christology; History - General; Subjects & Themes - Religious; Blessed Virgin, Saint; Devotion to
Description: "Our Lady of Lourdes, La Macarena of Seville, Mexico's Virgin of Guadalupe, the black Virgin of Czestochowa - the many different faces of the Virgin Mary are to be seen in almost every part of the world, particularly in the Mediterranean lands and Latin America.".

"Richly robed and decked with gold and jewels, many of which are votive offerings, the images of the Virgin sustain and reflect popular fervour at its most intense, with a pathos and a splendour that sometimes border on kitsch. This is perhaps because Mary is essentially a symbol of maternity, heiress of innumerable mother-goddesses from Isis to Cybele, and the channel of deeply felt hopes and prayers."--BOOK JACKET.