The image I came across was an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. A link to the image is http://www.ourladyofguadalupe.org/ologimage.htm. This is the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. I found this image while searching for information on Our Lady of Guadalupe for assignment 5a. This image has to do with humanties because people all over Latin America are fatihfully devoted to her. She is a cultural icon.
The image is a Aztec pictograph. The Lady stood in front of the sun which meant she was greater than the Aztec sun-god of war. Her foot rested on the crescent moon which the aztecs took as her crushing the featherd serpent moon-god. She was a queen because the blue green colors where colors of royalty. Her God was Jesus Christ because of the black cross on the brooch at her neck. She was also the mother of God because the flower petals on her womb symbolized life. Our Lady of Guadalupe was also seen as the Queen of Earth because she wore a contour map of Mexico that was rose colored. The garment she wore told the Indians where the apparition took place.
This artwork to me is a symbol of not just for Mexico but Latin America because so many people in Latin America are devoted to her. I choose this artwork because it is truly an amazing pictograph which wasn't drawn or painted but mysteriously appeared on the cloak of Saint Juan Diego. One thing I would like to know is how exactly her image appeared on his cloak without someone painting or drawing . This is just one of many Catholic mysteries.
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