Be Mine
by Eugene Campbell
Title
Be Mine
Artist
Eugene Campbell
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A photo of three glass roses I purchased the wife for Valentine's Day. Wanted to create something beautiful and artsy that could perhaps be used as a greeting card.
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Roses are a favored subject in art and appear in portraits, illustrations, on stamps, as ornaments or as architectural elements. For the ancient Greek, roses were associated with the myth of Adonis, the lover of goddess Aphrodite (Roman Venus), from whose blood the first Red Roses have grown. They thus become symbol of love that transcended even death and resurrection.
The ancient Roman festival called Rosalia was part of the cult of the dead from the first century after Christ onward, it was celebrated on different dates in different regions of Roman Empire but always between May 11 and July 15. The tradition of Rosalia was preserved till now as the celebration of Pentecost Sunday (domenica rosata or Zielone Swiatki).
In medieval Christian symbolism the red rose stood for blood shed by Jesus on the Cross (the rose made red by the blood of Christ in his passion ) and martyrs during tortures. Thus red rose symbolizes God's love. Christian authorities made the white rose (the queen of flowers) as a symbol of Mary, the Queen of Heaven, "rose without horns" and virginity. Mary's immaculate conception was brought about through the magic of the rose: Mary's mother Anne conceived her daughter while smelling the white rose. In the Middle Ages only virgins were permitted to wear rose garland, and the Madonna was frequently portrayed as surrounded by roses. However, the troubadours and poets, however, saw the rose as a tangible symbol of earthly love and this tradition continues into our own time. In contrary white rose is a legendary symbol of death.
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September 15th, 2014
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