圣母艺术形象变迁的文化解读

Evolution of Artistic Images of Saint Mary:A Cultural Interpretation

《新约》福音书描绘的玛利亚是一位纯洁善良的女性和慈爱忍耐的圣母,并未被赋予神性。从基督教早期延续至今的"圣母子"题材艺术作品,刻画出不同的玛利亚形象,经历了从神圣、人性、世俗乃至地方化的演变。圣母艺术形象的演变折射出基督教产生以来西方社会政治思潮的演变,反映了宗教与艺术的发展轨迹。

Mary, in the gospels in the New Testament is a young virgin of innocence and kind-heartedness and a saintly mother, both loving and patient, not gifted with a holy nature. On the basis of relevant textual narrations, fine art works since the growth of Christianity in the West have created a series of saintly mother and son images, and Mary has been depicted in different images spanning godliness, humanity, worldliness and localization. The evolution of Mary in the arts sheds lights on the development of Western social-political thoughts since the founding of Christianity and reveals traces of the changes in the relationships between religion and arts.