Venerating The Mystery The Vir

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The rendering of the shadows around her eye hints at the kohl rimmed eyes of an Egyptian hieroglyph, an ancient and mysterious goddess (Figure 2, Feature 2). Mary's power, her steady gaze, is unquestionable.
The shapes of the piece serve to emphasize her enigmatic power. The clothing is composed of angular and geometrically gilded polygons. The sharp lines clearly show gravity, tension, and the folding nature of the cloth (Figure 2, Feature 3). Conversely, the flesh is smooth and flowing, free from physical forces, sacred. Her face is at the apex of the ungilded space and is surrounded by an approximately 3/8 inch raised golden arch (Figure 1, Feature 1). She is the spatial center of a field of golden energy. The virgin's long hands are almost abstracted and imply an other-ness, a slightly alien characteristic. She literally radiates power, but it is otherworldly, not human.
The viewer while entranced, is not meant to become one with Mary, but rather to be excluded from ...

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