"The Virgin Mary of Vladimir" - Vladimir's Mother

Japanese: 《ウラジーミルの聖母》 - うらじーみるのせいぼ

In the 13th century, this supernatural dignity was replaced by a more graceful expression of charity, and from the late Middle Ages to the Renaissance, spirituality faded, and the Virgin Mary generally became a beautiful woman with a strong human touch (such as Raphael's Madonna). In the East, the expression of supernatural and mystical spirituality was a long-standing tradition in the depiction of the Virgin Mary (such as the Vladimir Madonna, c. 1130), but with the introduction of Western realism from around the 17th century, it began to degenerate into vulgarity.
[Narrative imagery]
The narrative images can be broadly divided into three sections: the life of Mary before the birth of Christ, the time of Christ, and Mary's later years.

From [Russian and Soviet Art]

...The tendency to prefer dark colors and clear contours was already evident in the 12th century frescoes near Novgorod. Meanwhile, in the northeastern region around Vladimir, a style was forming that reflected a highly spiritual national sentiment while maintaining the Byzantine Orthodox traditions, modelled on the Vladimir Virgin Mary, a gift from Byzantium. However, since the invasion of foreign tribes in the 13th century, Vladimir has been plagued by constant destruction and reconstruction.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Our Lady of Vladimir" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…13世紀に入ると，この超自然的な威厳に代わって慈愛の精神が優雅な表現をとるようになり，さらに中世末期からルネサンス期にかけて精神性がうすらぎ，聖母は一般に人間臭の強い美女となる(ラファエロの《聖母》など)。東方では，超自然的･神秘的な霊性の表現が長期にわたって聖母像の伝統をなすが(《ウラジーミルの聖母》，1130ころなど)，17世紀ごろから西洋の写実主義が入るとともに俗悪なものに堕していった。
［説話図像］
　説話図像は，キリスト降誕以前のマリア伝，キリストの時代，マリアの晩年と三つに大別しうる。…

【ロシア･ソビエト美術】より

…濃い色と明確な輪郭線を好む傾向は，早くも12世紀のノブゴロド近郊のフレスコに現れた。一方，北東部のウラジーミル周辺部では，ビザンティンから贈られた《ウラジーミルの聖母》を手本とし，ビザンティンの正統派の伝統を維持しながら，精神性の高い民族的感情を反映させた様式を形成しつつあった。しかし13世紀に始まる異民族の侵入以来，ウラジーミルは破壊と復興に明け暮れるようになった。…

※「《ウラジーミルの聖母》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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