The miracle behind the Virgin of Guadalupe is a fascinating one, the original text is an art form in itself, but here posted are two form of the Guadalupe in art. The first being the original portrait of the Virgin's miracle, author is said to be the Virgin Mary herself, on a cloth that should have deteriorated hundreds of years ago that is still intact today. The work is a miraculous piece that depicts the Virgin Mary as a dark complexioned maiden like the woman described in Revelations 12.
The second portrayal of Mary is a mixed media piece by Maria Natividad, a Chicana artist in America. The piece was created in the 90s but the Virgin's cloak is made out of roses, symbolically the roses that the Virgin asked the Indian, Juan Diego to bring to the bishop to prove her apparition. Accordingly when Juan Diego unfolded his cloak to display the roses the Virgin Mary appeared in a piece of art on the cloak. (the first photo)
The two are very beautiful pieces, but the first started a huge movement in the Mexican culture, beginning the cult of Guadalupe under the Catholic Church. Even a few centuries later the piece is still displayed in Mexico, and remains an inspiration to Hispanic artists throughout the Americas. Maria Natividad has also recreated the Virgin in a beautiful and symbolic representation of Juan Diego's apparition. She is not the only artists, their are many artists in America and in Mexico that recreate their visions of the Guadalupe.
Guadalupe still remains popular amongst Catholic-Hispanic communities because of what her artwork represents. Her first image represented a miracle, a mother for the defeated Natives to look up to and to follow. Mary in all forms of Catholicism is the loving mother, not the harsh God. Today Guadalupe still represents the same concept of a loving mother as did the appearance to Juan Diego, 12 December 1531.
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