Inscapes Gallery - Madonna & Child Graphite Sculpture

Madonna & Child Graphite Sculpture $14.95

The Madonna and Child is one of the central icons of Christianity. After some initial resistance and controversy, the formula "Mother of God" was adopted officially by the Christian Church at the Council of Ephesus, 431. The earliest representations of Mother and Child were developed in the Eastern Empire, where despite an iconoclastic strain in culture that rejected physical representations as "idols", respect for venerated images was expressed in the repetition of a narrow range of highly conventionalized types, the repeated images familiar as icons. This wonderful graphite sculpture is a work of art as well as a playful writing instrument. Made from composites and pure graphite this sculpture can be used to write or draw on multiple mediums or collected and displayed as an art piece. Measures 6" by 1.5"

Artist: Kelly Barker (more information)