JODY CARIOLANO, (American/Texas b. 1951)
Pieta
Oil and mixed media on canvas, a diptych
59 3/4" x 48"
Private Collection
The Pietà is a subject in
Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, most
often found in sculpture. As such, it is a particular form of the Lamentation
of Christ, a scene from the Passion of Christ found in cycles of the Life of
Christ. When Christ and the Virgin are surrounded by other figures from the New
Testament, the subject is strictly called a Lamentation in English, although
Pietà is often used for this as well, and is the normal term in Italian. More the Pietà
JODY CARIOLANO, unfortunately, I have been unable to find any meaningful information about the artist!
JODY CARIOLANO (American/Texas b. 1951)
Assumption #2
Oil on canvas
48" x 48"
Private Collection
The Assumption of Mary into Heaven. When Jesus died on the cross, he gave his mother to his
apostle John. That means that he wanted Mary to treat John as her son, and John
to treat Mary as his mother and take care of her. Mary moved into John's home,
where he said Mass each day. So Mary was close to her Son in the Blessed
Sacrament, even though He had ascended into Heaven.
Mary's
love for God and Jesus grew even stronger than it had been when Jesus had been
present on earth. She grew more holy every day. People came to visit her, she
was kind and patient with everyone. Saint Luke (who wrote the Gospel of Saint
Luke) painted a picture of her during this time. The portrait of 'Our Lady of
Perpetual Help" which was painted centuries later, used Saint Luke's
portrait as a model of what Mary looked like.
Finally
when she was very old, it was time for Mary to die. She had enough time to say
goodbye to all the apostles before she died. The grieving apostles took her
body to a tomb near the one that Jesus was laid in. They covered her with a
white shroud and laid her to rest in the tomb.
But Mary's body didn't stay there. Jesus came to
her and took her body and soul into heaven to be with Him. Mary was the
Immaculate Conception - the only person except Jesus who had been born without
the stain of Original Sin,the disobedience of Adam and Eve. God and Jesus would
not let the body of the Mother of God decay. This was her reward for her love
of God and her years of faithful prayers and suffering. More on the Assumption of Mary into Heaven
JODY CARIOLANO, unfortunately, I have been unable to find any meaningful information about the artist!
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