medievalpoc: Anonymous Artist (Avila) Our Lady of Mercy (From Madrigal de las Altas Torres) Spain (c
medievalpoc: Anonymous Artist (Avila) Our Lady of Mercy (From Madrigal de las Altas Torres) Spain (c. 1650s) The Image of the Black in Western Art Research and Photo Archive Among her followers is the noble figure of a black man in a richly worked golden robe, his gaze fervently directed toward Mary. Beyond this programmatic act of inclusion, the idealized appearance of a black person affords an ideal starting point for the consideration of the place occupied by real people of African descent in Spain just as the newly reconstituted kingdom began its expansion onto the world stage. Read more at TheRoot.com How beautiful is this?! -- source link