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whole: the image occupies the whole, with the title and text integrated and positioned in the lower fifth, in brown. All
set against a white background.
image: a full-length depiction of the Virgin Mary, represented as the Black Madonna of Czestochowska, and Child, with two angels flying
above. Mary wears a long robe, decorated on the inside with images of the Polish white eagle. Several children and three kneeling peasants
shelter inside the cloak. In the background right, a large crowd of German infantrymen, wearing pickelhaubes, and several civilians surge
towards Mary.
text: J Falat
Na kamieniu rysowal Bronislaw Bartel.
Matko Boska Czestochowska, pod Twoja obrone uciekamy sie!
Zaklady litograficzne Drukarnia Katolickiej Tow. Akc. w Poznaniu.
[Lithograph by Bronislaw Bartel. Our Lady of Czestochowa, we seek your protection! Lithography Workshop of the Catholic Printing House,
Poznan]
The Holy Virgin of Czenstochowa, also known as the ‘Black Madonna’, is an icon. It is held in the monastery of Jasna
Góra, Poland’s most famous shrine, in the town of Czenstochowa. The Black Madonna is reputed to have miraculously saved the town from the
invading Swedes in 1705, and is believed by many Catholics to have been painted by St Luke.
During the early 1980s the Black Madonna became a symbol of anti-Communist agitation and was subsequently adopted by the Solidarity
movement. The icon continues to draw over 400,000 pilgrims a year to Jasna Góra from Poland and across Eastern Europe. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | peasants civilian personnel Religion children WW1 Polish Home Front PL.O emblems women / womens work Weapons Military Personnel Family portrait / personification Uniforms Virgin Mary Jesus Christ | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Falat, Julian | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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