A lavishly illustrated profile of the Virgin Mary combines such art masterpieces as The Lady in White at Lourdes, The Virgin of Guadalupe, and the Queen of Heaven with stories about her miracles and apparitions.
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From Publishers Weekly
Story and art often express the religious understandings of humanity better than doctrines and theology. Journalist Durham offers a wonderfully comprehensive collection of narratives and images to provide a multifaceted view of Mary as she has been experienced by humankind through the centuries. Miracles includes 56 stories ranging from the first century to the 1990s, grouped according to various aspects of Mary, such as Our Lady of Peace and Prayer, Lady of Legend and Healing Mary. "The Gospels provide a rough sketch of Mary," says Durham, "and we are left to fill in the details." His book functions similarly: the stories are presented in a straightforward fashion and the art speaks for itself. Believers and non-believers alike may interpret as they choose from this fascinating and varied mosaic; and even it that weren't true, the 60 handsome reproductions of artists' depictions of Mary would make this book well worth having.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Former Life reporter Durham explores the influence of the cult of Mary on culture and religion through a retelling of 60 stories of her miraculous appearances to believers. Each story is stunningly illustrated with paintings, sculptures, or woodcuts from a variety of cultures and time periods. For example, the story of Mary's appearance in a Hawthorne tree in Beauraing, Belgium, in 1932 is set off against Renaissance artist Jacopo Ligozzi's stark drawing of "The Beech Tree of the Madonna at La Verna." Durham's collection reveals the many facets of the Blessed Virgin's personality from the Lady of Peace and Prayer to the Healing Mary. A beautifully rendered book, this is recommended for all collections.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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A gorgeously illustrated and fascinating read,
This review is from: Miracles of Mary: Apparitions, Legends, and Miraculous Works of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Hardcover)
This beautiful book is a nice, but not exhaustive, compilation of the various miracles of the Virgin Mary. I liked how Durham grouped the miracles by theme, and I find it interesting that he himself is not Catholic. The quality of the illustrations is very good, and the depictions of Mary are from all around the world, from old-master paintings (Caravaggio, El Greco) to New World sculptures and paintings (including work from Peru, Mexico, Canada). I do wish that the book had illustrations of the things it spoke of, for example, at the point where The Black Madonna of Czestochowa, Poland was discussed, I would have liked to have had that image right there. However, I really did enjoy this book as it had such a great collection of Marian images.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
So-so book,
By Adam (Virginia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Miracles of Mary: Apparitions, Legends, and Miraculous Works of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Hardcover)
This book is mainly a collection of various apparitions of Mary. It covers widely known apparitions such as Lourdes, Fatima, and Guadaloupe as well as less familiar ones. This book, I would say, is an introduction for those who want to study Marian apparitions in depth. It briefly summarizes the accounts, and provides SOME testimony from the visonaries themselves. The best part of the book, I think, is the beautiful artwork of Mary through the ages that are shown on every other page.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Well-worth time spent,
By A Customer
This review is from: Miracles of Mary: Apparitions, Legends, and Miraculous Works of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Hardcover)
I am not Catholic and therefore had never heard the miraculous stories of our Mother Mary. This book left me wanting more.
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