Abstract
Images of the Virgin Mary have provided comfort to Christians for almost two thousand years. Many of these images have depicted the Mother of God as gentle, demure, pure, and obedient. Ben Wildflower’s woodcut, Magnificat, imagines another side of Mary’s story. This paper considers the second creation story, “New Eve” typology, and church teaching about current social and environmental issues to demonstrate why Magnificat is an ideal portrait for the true “New Eve”.
Recommended Citation
Parks, Mary L.. 2023. The True "New Eve": Ben Wildflower's Magnificat and the Second Creation Story. Obsculta 16, (1) : 34-40. https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/obsculta/vol16/iss1/4.
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