{"id":1618,"date":"2023-10-12T14:09:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T21:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheijgs.space\/?page_id=1618"},"modified":"2024-04-28T22:01:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T05:01:46","slug":"from-lilith-to-mary-magdalene-the-divine-feminine-in-the-art-of-lilian-broca-by-mary-ann-beavis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheijgs.space\/?page_id=1618","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFrom Lilith to Mary Magdalene: The Divine Feminine in the Art of Lilian Broca\u201d by Mary Ann Beavis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=KR6FB3MQZM8L4\">Buy the Ebook of this article for $5.00<\/a>, (Read Only for the minimum of 3 months, extendable upon request to mago9books@gmailcom)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Citation: <em>S\/HE: An International Journal of Goddess Studies<\/em> Volume 2 Number 2 (2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">From Lilith to Mary Magdalene: The Divine Feminine in the Art of Lilian Broca<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Mary Ann Beavis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Abstract <\/strong>This article interprets four works by the Canadian artist Lilian Broca as expressive of the divine feminine, with particular reference to the notion of the divine feminine\/goddess as a metaphor for women\u2019s empowerment. Each of these works is a series based on female figures in the biblical tradition: Lilith\/Eve, Esther, Judith, and Mary Magdalene. Although not all of them overtly refer to the divine feminine, I interpret them on the premise that inherent in each of them is a surplus of meaning that comes to full expression in the <em>Mary Magdalene <\/em>series, where the Magdalene is explicitly construed by the artist as a \u201cgoddess in waiting\u201d and \u201cthe sacred feminine in Christianity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Keywords <\/strong>Lilian Broca, Divine Feminine, Goddess, Biblical Art, Lilith, Esther, Judith, Mary Magdalene<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong> The Canadian artist Lilian Broca has been producing artworks expressive of the divine feminine since the late 1990s. Her works have been exhibited in Canada, the U.S. and various European countries to critical acclaim.<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> These works are not simply individual paintings or drawings, but rather series based on biblical stories that illustrate the presence of the divine feminine\/goddess in these ancient and well-known narratives. The works to be discussed here are <em>A Song of Lilith<\/em> (2000), <em>Queen Esther Mosaics<\/em> (2009), <em>Judith<\/em> (2015), and <em>Mary Magdalene<\/em> (2022).<a id=\"_ftnref2\" href=\"#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> The images of the&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lilianbroca.com\/artist-bio\/personal-achievements\">Recognition and Awards &#8211; Lilian Broca<\/a>, accessed March 31, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a id=\"_ftn2\" href=\"#_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> All images printed in this article are used with the artist\u2019s kind permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sheijgs.space\/?page_id=42\" target=\"_blank\">Subscription<\/a>&nbsp;to receive this article in PDF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=XCR6UT6JB5UCJ\">Color Paperback: US$28.00<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=E9AMQNV86ZFVG\">Online (PDF &amp; E-Book) US $10.00<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buy the Ebook of this article for $5.00, (Read Only for the minimum of 3 months, extendable upon request to mago9books@gmailcom) Citation: S\/HE: An International Journal of Goddess Studies Volume 2 Number 2 (2023) From Lilith to Mary Magdalene: The Divine Feminine in the Art of Lilian Broca Mary Ann&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1593,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1618","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheijgs.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheijgs.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheijgs.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheijgs.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheijgs.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1618"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sheijgs.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2084,"href":"https:\/\/sheijgs.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1618\/revisions\/2084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheijgs.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheijgs.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}