Immaculata in Peace Square / Námestí míru (Kourim - Central Bohemia)
N 50° 00.210 E 014° 58.605
33U E 498333 N 5539020
Bautiful sandstone Baroque statue of Immaculata, one of expressions of Virgin Mary, you can find on the stone pillar in the centre of fountain in the Námestí míru (Peace Square) - the main public space of the town Kourim.
Waymark Code: WM8V05
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 05/13/2010
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Bautiful sandstone Baroque statue of Immaculata, one of expressions of Virgin Mary, you can find on the stone pillar in the centre of fountain in the Námestí míru (Peace Square) - the main public space of the town Kourim.
The fountain was built by stonemason Václav Ladislav of Kutná Hora at the site of older delapidated Marian column. On the pillar in the middle of the fountain was placed the above mentioned subject of this waymark - statue of Immaculata - the remnant of the original Baroque Marian column from 1694.
The Immaculate Conception is, according to Roman Catholic doctrine, the conception of the Virgin Mary without any stain ("Immacula" in Latin) of original sin. It is one of the four dogmas in Roman Catholic Mariology. Under this aspect Mary is sometimes called the "Immaculata" (the Immaculate One), particularly in artistic contexts.
The definitive iconography for the Immaculate Conception, drawing on the emblem tradition, seems to have been finally established by the master and then father-in-law of Diego Velázquez, the painter and theorist Francisco Pacheco (1564–1644). Pacheco's iconography influenced other Spanish artists such as Bartolome Murillo, Diego Velázquez, and Francisco Zurbaran, who each produced a number of artistic masterpieces based on the use of these same symbols.
The popularity of this particular representation of The Immaculate Conception spread across the rest of Europe, and has since remained the best known artistic depiction of the concept: in a heavenly realm, moments after her creation, the spirit of Mary (in the form of a young woman) looks up in awe at (or bows her head to) God. The moon is under her feet and a halo of twelve stars surround her head, possibly a reference to "a woman clothed with the sun" from Revelation 12:1-2. Additional imagery may include clouds, a golden light, and cherubs. In some paintings the cherubim are holding lilies and roses, flowers often associated with Mary.