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Inspired through Art: The Coronation of the Virgin by Enguerrand Quarton, 1453

Can an artist reveal the reality of heaven, the identity of God, and the glorious, eternal Queenship of Mary the Mother of God all in one image? This was the challenge set before Enguerrand Quarton, the Early Renaissance artist, in 1453, when Jean de Montagnac, the chaplain of the Carthusian Charterhouse of Villeneuve-les-Avignon in France, commissioned him. In the commission contract, which survives today, emphasis was placed on several specific inclusions: the realms of heaven and of earth, with attributes appropriate to each. Earth is depicted in a compressed horizontal band of space stretching from Rome to Jerusalem. Heaven is depicted with a multitude of figures, including the persons of the Trinity and Mary. Aspects of the iconographic program of the Coronation of the Virgin have made this not only a historical art masterwork but also a remarkable image of the particular relationships depicted within.

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Linus Meldrum is Assistant Professor of Fine Arts at Franciscan University where he teaches the core curriculum course, Visual Arts and the Catholic Imagination, as well as Studio Art.

Professor Meldrum earned his BFA in Painting at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana in 1981 and his MFA in Painting and Printmaking at The Yale School of Art in New Haven, Connecticut in 1983, and has been an independent artist and craftsman for over 30 years. He is a veteran of more than 400 exhibitions and festivals throughout the Mid-Atlantic States. Teaching assignments have included Painting and Drawing courses at The Yale School of Art, Central Connecticut State University and the Pennsylvania School of Art & Design.

Professor
Meldrum earned his BFA in Painting at Indiana University in
Bloomington, Indiana in 1981 and his MFA in Painting and Printmaking at
The Yale School of Art in New Haven, Connecticut in 1983, and has been
an independent artist and craftsman for over 30 years. He is a veteran
of more than 400 exhibitions and festivals throughout the Mid-Atlantic
States. Teaching assignments have included Painting and Drawing courses
at The Yale School of Art, Central Connecticut State University and the
Pennsylvania School of Art & Design. - See more at:
http://www.franciscan.edu/faculty/meldrum-linus/#sthash.TuIMz3dA.dpuf

This article is from The Catechetical Review (Online Edition ISSN 2379-6324) and may be copied for catechetical purposes only. It may not be reprinted in another published work without the permission of The Catechetical Review by contacting [email protected]

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