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The Crown Jewel Of Divinity : Examining How A Coronation Crown Transforms The Virgin Into The Queen, Sara Sims Wilbanks
The Crown Jewel Of Divinity : Examining How A Coronation Crown Transforms The Virgin Into The Queen, Sara Sims Wilbanks
MA Theses
Inspired by Italian, religious images from the 15th and 16th centuries of the Coronation of the Virgin, this thesis will attempt to dissect the numerous depictions of crowns amongst the perspectives of formal analysis, iconography, and theology in order to deduce how this piece of jewelry impacts the religious status of the Virgin Mary. By utilizing specific images as examples, the paper will be heavily weighted in visual evidence to support my speculative investigations. It is my aim to examine the relation, if at all, between the physical value of crowns and their symbolic meaning in fine art to distinguish …