Never having been much of a collector over the years, and with that being said, I do admit to having a few Christmas collections; most years I search out at least one box of assemblages for seasonal display. One collections is of angels, another is of Christmas ornaments, and the third is pictures and icons of the Madonna and Child.
At last count, I had 24 religious icons. Some are
Romantic era pictures, and some are replicas from the Byzantine period. Most have come from different countries, where I searched them out among coffee bars and trinket shops. It gives my heart a thrill to find one, purchase it, and carefully pack it up to carry home where it is then carefully nestled along with the other icons, awaiting their retrieval for living room display (in lieu of a tree) in the Advent Season.
Here are a few Madonna and Child icons/pictures in our cadre:
Do you have a collection of objects that you enjoy viewing and displaying? If so, I would really like for you to comment. And show me what
you collect.
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The Madonna and Child has been a common topic of art throughout the centuries but they were most influential in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance time periods. Paintings of the Madonna and Child have been dated back to before the sixth century and have continued to appear throughout the ages even to the present day. Despite how old and how popular of a subject the Madonna and Child is, artists manage to show a great deal of variety and originality over the years.
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