26-02-2022, 09:36 PM
Religious history shows the development and spread of Mariology. Byzantine images came to Western Europe in the 7th century. Then Bernard of Clairvaux and further expansion in the 12th and 13th centuries along with the number of women that were joining various religious groups.
Wreaths and crowns have a long and obvious association; courrone de fleurs & couronne d'or.
Floral crowns and wreaths show up in the latter paintings. However, nothing yet as an illustration that is clearly floral in the VMs era or earlier. They always go for the gold.
Is the VMs illustration a potential precursor or is it something else?
Wreaths and crowns have a long and obvious association; courrone de fleurs & couronne d'or.
Floral crowns and wreaths show up in the latter paintings. However, nothing yet as an illustration that is clearly floral in the VMs era or earlier. They always go for the gold.
Is the VMs illustration a potential precursor or is it something else?