Is the Mary Magdalene Icon a Theme for Painters?
Icon painters as far back as the Byzantine era, and even before have painted representations of Mary Magdalene. Throughout Russia, Europe, and Greece we see painted icons of Mary Magdalene. The most notable of these depictions is the Crucifixion and of her witness to the resurrection.
In my Mary Magdalene icons, she is represented as a woman who develops a spiritual path. The icon images are a possible representation of her path.
The depictions of Magdalene in ancient times have been detrimental to the foundation of the church and the female community. In the past, she was most remembered for being the harlot sinner cleansed through the love of Jesus. But was that all she was…