He's going to do what?
This has been one of my favourite pieces of art ever since I first saw it at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. I love it because of how it differs from so many of the typical annuciations. Usually, one sees Mary, serenely accepting the angel's news or perhaps looking as though she were saying "I'm not worthy!" But in Simone Martini's The Angel and the Annuciation, it is perfectly obvious that Mary is pretty damned freaked out. And maybe a tiny bit annoyed.
Really, who wouldn't be?
And yes, I completed my work. This was part of my research.
posted by allison | 5:04 PM
2 Comments:
Oh, I love that take. You know she would be thinking--I do the right thing, don't have sex, and I end up pregnant anyway? My parents are never going to believe I didn't have sex. And Joseph is going to kill me!
Yeah, that is a pretty cool representation.
Jim
Hee. I just realized she's got that whole teenage attitude thing going on, too.
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