Holy Card
-- 4.25x2.75"
-- Sturdy 14 Point Cardstock
-- Matte finish both sides

Mary holds the body of her crucified son, in a style lie Michaelangelo's Pieta. The colors of this 19th Century holy card print are muted and grave. It was done by the monks at the Beuron Abbey in Germany, an enormous Benedictine outpost that developed its own art style as a counterpoint to secular art of the time. The composition is aligned with primary shapes, circles and pyramids, to give it a formal calm, almost a Platonic aspect. If you look at the composition, you will see the circles and triangles in the arrangement of the figures. The giant circle mandala around Mary and Jesus is profound, too, thematically: They are two people, distinct, but they are like one, even in his death, sharing one huge halo.

On the back is a prayer of Thanksgiving for His sacrifice which we hope brings you closer to the One who loves us. The words on the front are Latin and German, and they mean, "Oh, all of you who pass by on the way, pay attention and see if there is any pain like mine." Circa 1900.

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Sue and John

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