White Lily
by Kay Novy
Title
White Lily
Artist
Kay Novy
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Honored to be one of the photographs chosen for ARTIST OF THE MONTH in "Exquisite Florals" group! Thank you, Maria! 4/22/17
A beautiful white lily. They always have them in the stores and garden centers around Easter time.
.....................................................................................................................
The Easter Lily. For many, the beautiful trumpet-shaped white flowers symbolize purity, virtue, innocence, hope and life the spiritual essence of Easter.
....................................................................................................................
History, mythology, literature, poetry and the world of art are rife with stories and images that speak of the beauty and majesty of the elegant white flowers. Often called the white-robed apostles of hope, lilies were found growing in the Garden of Gethsemane after Christs agony. Tradition has it that the beautiful white lilies sprung up where drops of Christs sweat fell to the ground in his final hours of sorrow and deep distress. Churches continue this tradition at Easter time by banking their altars and surrounding their crosses with masses of Easter Lilies, to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and hope of life everlasting.
....................................................................................................................
The pure white lily has long been closely associated with the Virgin Mary. In early paintings, the Angel Gabriel is pictured extending to the Virgin Mary a branch of pure white lilies, announcing that she is to be the mother of the Christ Child. In other paintings, saints are pictured bringing vases full of white lilies to Mary and the infant Jesus. St. Joseph is depicted holding a lily-branch in his hand, indicating that his wife Mary was a virgin.
Uploaded
April 6th, 2012
Statistics
Viewed 3,994 Times - Last Visitor from Cambridge, MA on 04/24/2024 at 1:09 AM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
Similar Images
Comments (230)
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive discussion as well as any other discussion in which it would fit.
Recently Viewed
