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November’s Festa della Madonna della Salute (also known as the Virgin Mary of Health Festival) was one of the most important celebrations in the Venetian Republic.
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Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 29 Sep. 2025
Varda dresses her up as Joan of Arc, Caravaggio’s Bacchus, the Virgin Mary, a cowboy, and a flamenco dancer, as if to suggest that Birkin’s mystery is itself a symbol, one as important to modern culture as Renaissance painting and the mother of Christ.
—Anahid Nersessian, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
In Naples, Catholic symbolism-above all the image of the Virgin Mary -permeates the city.
—Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025
The title that has become attached to the painting over time curiously characterizes the Virgin Mary by the fruit, perhaps in recognition of her chastity, especially when considered in the context of Persephone’s myth.
—Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025
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Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 29 Sep. 2025
Varda dresses her up as Joan of Arc, Caravaggio’s Bacchus, the Virgin Mary, a cowboy, and a flamenco dancer, as if to suggest that Birkin’s mystery is itself a symbol, one as important to modern culture as Renaissance painting and the mother of Christ.
—Anahid Nersessian, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
In Naples, Catholic symbolism-above all the image of the Virgin Mary -permeates the city.
—Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025
The title that has become attached to the painting over time curiously characterizes the Virgin Mary by the fruit, perhaps in recognition of her chastity, especially when considered in the context of Persephone’s myth.
—Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025
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“The Virgin Mary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Virgin%20Mary. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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