Research Catalog

Title

Virgen de Luján : la madre de todos : retratos inéditos de María / fotografía: Adrián Melo.

Publication

Buenos Aires, Argentina : Editorial El Ateneo, abril de 2020.

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Description

137 pages : color illustrations; 28 cm

Summary

The shrine of Our Lady of Luján, built between 1890 and 1935, is a majestic neo-Gothic-style temple that was officially granted it the title of basilica in 1930 by Pope Pius XII. Our Lady of Luján is recognized as patron saint of Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, and more than 3 million pilgrims arrive each year at the shrine. The origin of this devotion dates back to 1630, when the small clay image (38 cm high) representing the Immaculate Conception came from Brazil. The statue of this dark-skin Virgin Mary was adorned with the patriotic colors in 1737. The photographs taken by Adrián Melo highlight the statue and its details, the architecture and the different areas of the sanctuary and the devotees, the pilgrims and the rituals and celebrations around the sacred image.

Subject

• Argentina > Luján (Buenos Aires)
• Argentina > Religious life and customs
• Argentina
• Christian saints > Cult > Mexico
• Christian saints > Cult
• Devotion
• Luján (Buenos Aires, Argentina) > Religious life and customs
• Luján, Our Lady of > Pictorial works
• Luján, Our Lady of
• Mary (New Testament figure), > Pictorial works
• Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint > Art
• Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint > Devotion to > Luján (Buenos Aires)
• Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint > Symbolism
• Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
• Mexico
• Symbolism

Genre/Form

• Art.
• Pictorial works.

Contents

Prólogo. Lo religioso del santuario / monseñor Jorge Scheinig, arzobispo de Mercedes-Luján Ayudar te ayuda / Adrian Melo -- La madre -- Su casa -- Sus hijos -- Calendario de festividades -- Epílogo. Una lente, un santuario, una experiencia.

ISBN

• 9789500210560
• 9500210568

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries