Juan Luna's Mater Dolorosa (the Sorrowful Mother, Mother of Sorrows) in anticipation of the traditional Catholic #Salubong2015. The Mater Dolorosa is a powerful Marian iconography of the Crucifixion, the Deposition of Christ and his Burial. #SemanaSanta2015
Mater Dolorosa by Juan Luna, Lopez Museum Collection
"...suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died and was buried;
he descended into hell;
on the third day he rose again from the dead"
(Apostles' Creed)
Lopez Museum's La Barca de Aqueronte (The Boat of Charon, the ferryman of hell, by the Hadean river Acheron) by Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo is a vivid imagery of the underworld, interpreted from the Divine Comedy, the 15th century masterwork by Italian poet Dante Alighieri. Charon, a demi-god originates in Greek mythology, he ferries the departed souls to Hades, the abode of the dead. In the milieu of the Renaissance to which the Divine Comedy of Dante, and the spirit of Hidalgo's La Barca de Aqueronte belong to, is a rich potpourri of Christian and Greco-Roman allegories.
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