{"id":10245,"date":"2025-01-06T03:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T08:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enchantedlivingmagazine.com\/?p=10245"},"modified":"2025-01-11T19:02:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T00:02:16","slug":"goddess-and-saint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enchantedlivingmagazine.com\/goddess-and-saint\/","title":{"rendered":"Goddess and Saint"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div id=\"tdi_1\" class=\"tdc-row\"><div class=\"vc_row tdi_2  wpb_row td-pb-row\" >\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.tdi_2,\r\n                .tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n                    min-height: 0;\r\n                }.tdi_2,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_2:before,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_2:after{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: table;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"vc_column tdi_4  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - 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generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.td_block_separator{\r\n                  width: 100%;\r\n                  align-items: center;\r\n                  margin-bottom: 38px;\r\n                  padding-bottom: 10px;\r\n                }.td_block_separator span{\r\n                  position: relative;\r\n                  display: block;\r\n                  margin: 0 auto;\r\n                  width: 100%;\r\n                  height: 1px;\r\n                  border-top: 1px solid #EBEBEB;\r\n                }.td_separator_align_left span{\r\n                  margin-left: 0;\r\n                }.td_separator_align_right span{\r\n                  margin-right: 0;\r\n                }.td_separator_dashed span{\r\n                  border-top-style: dashed;\r\n                }.td_separator_dotted span{\r\n                  border-top-style: dotted;\r\n                }.td_separator_double span{\r\n                  height: 3px;\r\n                  border-bottom: 1px solid #EBEBEB;\r\n                }.td_separator_shadow > span{\r\n                  position: relative;\r\n                  height: 20px;\r\n                  overflow: hidden;\r\n                  border: 0;\r\n                  color: #EBEBEB;\r\n                }.td_separator_shadow > span > span{\r\n                  position: absolute;\r\n                  top: -30px;\r\n                  left: 0;\r\n                  right: 0;\r\n                  margin: 0 auto;\r\n                  height: 13px;\r\n                  width: 98%;\r\n                  border-radius: 100%;\r\n                }html :where([style*='border-width']){\r\n                    border-style: none;\r\n                }\n<\/style><\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"dropcap dropcap2\">W<\/span>e\u2019re gazing into our scrying stones at a new year, eaking open a fresh tarot pack, planning a bright 25 of luscious flavors and fragrances, colors and charms. We\u2019ve always been artists, but this year we\u2019re itching to try something new: bake ourselves some jewelry, write a poem full of predictions and wishes, pick up a brush and paint a self- portrait\u2014treat ourselves as the raw materials for new lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><em><strong>Welcome to your own personal <a href=\"https:\/\/enchantedlivingmagazine.com\/a-shout-out-to-renaissance-animals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renaissance<\/a>. Are you ready to be refreshed?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\">The cycles of birth, growth, decay, and rebirth are what define time itself: seasons of the year, transitions of history. So let\u2019s go back about five and a half centuries and say it\u2019s 1475. You\u2019ve lived through a bleak time, what with the Black Plague (1347, then again and again) and the so-called Holy Wars that finally ended (more or less) in 1453, when Constantinople passed from the Byzantine Empire to the Ottoman Empire. Lately you\u2019ve noticed that the world is more interested in business than in religion, which means that you\u2019re mixing more with other cultures in a step toward globalization. People are paying more attention to <i>people<\/i>. And then you look around a bit more and rediscover the ancient Greeks and Romans: their intricate stories, their passionate gods, their love of the body in art.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\">Suddenly you know there is no more exciting time to be alive\u2014 and to be refashioning yourself into the person you want to be.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\">For this issue, we re-created the Renaissance with a dazzling dual cover shoot embodying two of the era\u2019s most amazing icons: the Roman goddess Venus and the early Christian martyr Saint Catherine of Alexandria. We pulled these archetypes out of two famous paintings, dressed our model in lush Renaissance attire, stood her in front of exquisite hand-painted backdrops, and asked goddess and saint to speak to us through the centuries. Art and beauty might be eternal, but they must also step out of the frame once in a while, reveal their layers, and remind us who they are.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\">At first glance, these women could not seem more different. Botticelli\u2019s <i>Primavera<\/i><i> <\/i>(painted in the late 1470s or early 1480s) shows an exuberant festival, with pagan gods welcoming springtime\u2014perfect for the theme of rebirth. Then Raphael\u2019s <i>Saint<\/i><i> <\/i><i>Catherine<\/i><i> <\/i><i>of Alexandria<\/i><i> <\/i>(circa 1507) presents a quiet conversation between saint and heavens, a callback to medieval themes of martyrdom and submission. And yet both of them are quintessentially the Renaissance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\">What draws goddess and saint together is not who they were but how the artists presented them, the reverence that Botticelli and Raphael shared for the human \u2026 sidling all the way over into outright joy. Our talented team of artists felt it too. They utterly reveled in designing and sewing the costumes, painting the scenery, posing, photographing as much of the process as possible, and finding the modern superwomen within the timeless icons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\">Indeed, is there any better way to spend a day\u2014or an era?<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;10247&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Goddess of<\/b><b> <\/b><b>Mysteries<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\">That stately but ethereal figure on our outside cover cannot be anyone other than Venus, goddess of love and beauty. She is an ancient goddess reborn (yes, Botticelli painted <i>that<\/i><i> <\/i>Venus too), a somewhat serious spirit presiding over others\u2019 pleasure: She is one of the ideals to which we aspire. She is also the mother of Cupid, who flies blindfolded over her head, aiming his arrow willy-nilly into a crowd\u2014because you never know when love (or inspiration, or the dawn of a new age) might strike you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Dating phases of creativity is always dicey, but we\u2019ll go ahead and break the Italian Renaissance down into four major periods: the early gearing-up (1300\u20131450), the Renaissance generally speaking (1450\u20131500), the High Renaissance (1500\u20131520), and a long, lingering, late era (1520\u20131625) infused with Mannerism, spilling over into the drama of the Baroque. We\u2019ve covered a bit of it all in these pages, from early angels to Queen Elizabeth, and of course, the flourishing art scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Botticelli was born around 1445 and belonged to that second phase. He was from a family of goldsmiths (formerly leather tanners), and he lived all his life in one neighborhood in Florence, with some forays to Rome. When he reinvented himself as a painter, he became known for otherworldly, fine- featured, slightly pensive-looking Madonnas. And then came <i>Primavera,<\/i><i> <\/i>and it changed everything.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">This huge painting (about 6 \u2154 by 10 \u2153 feet) is a nest of mysteries. We don\u2019t even know what Botticelli might have called it\u2014art historian Giorgio Vasari gave it the name we know, some seventy years after it was made. What we do know is that <i>Primavera<\/i><i> <\/i>was the first large-scale painting of classical gods and goddesses undertaken since the classical era. Here we see Mercury, the Three Graces, Venus, Flora, the wind Zephyrus, and the nymph Chloris. People had heard of these entities but hadn\u2019t seen them portrayed on such a scale. Botticelli\u2019s masterwork is everything that Renaissance humanism and art were about\u2014an expansion of beliefs and references, with a realistic sense of dimension in the space through which painted bodies appeared to move, and love at the center of it all (or just slightly off-center, anyway).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Now take away the party, the friends\u2014just leave Cupid, because he\u2019s part of who Venus is\u2014and the ancient goddess manifests new qualities. Draped in bright colors over a pale gown, with the hint of gold armor over her heart, she is regal, commanding\u2014a strong beauty. She can hold her own in solitude.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Botticelli\u2019s Venus meets our gaze, her head tilted to the side. Flirting a little? Not if we look at her closely. She seems thoughtful, perhaps assessing us. Are we worthy of love?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Her hand lifts in greeting, or maybe she\u2019s just about to make a pronouncement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">We might not have all the answers, but do we really need a reason to celebrate Venus? Shouldn\u2019t life be all about love and abundance anyway?<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;10248&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;10249&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><b>Goddess<\/b><b> <\/b><b>of<\/b><b> <\/b><b>Transformation<\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p2\">To love, and to love beauty, means you have a curious mind and an adventurous streak\u2014you want to experience the world as you find yourself in it. So our modern Venus, embodied by model Tee Pimentel, is not quite so judgy as Botticelli\u2019s. She asks, <i>What<\/i><i> <\/i><i>is<\/i><i> <\/i><i>love,<\/i><i> <\/i><i>anyway?<\/i><i> <\/i><i>How<\/i><i> <\/i><i>do<\/i><i> <\/i><i>you<\/i><i> <\/i><i>define<\/i><i> <\/i><i>what\u2019s<\/i><i> <\/i><i>beautiful<\/i><i> <\/i><i>in<\/i><i> <\/i><i>your<\/i><i> <\/i><i>life?<\/i><i> <\/i>She has a sense of humor; having exchanged Botticelli\u2019s blue-gray gown for one in diaphanous white, she crosses her arms, just on the point of laughing good-heartedly in our faces. But laughter is just one side of her. She\u2019s also dreamy, passionate, serious, inhabiting each mood fully\u2014a truly human goddess. She urges us to embrace all our emotions. And isn\u2019t it just about time?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Our clothes have always signaled who we are to the world, and as our Venus decides to change hers, we discover new mysteries. The layers peel away. Designer Jill Andrews has added luxe elements such as the cloth-of-gold (a modern silk lam\u00e9) that glimmers beneath the filmy white overdress. That gold emerges as Venus\u2019s sleeves, showing she\u2019s precious through and through.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">But our girl chooses not to stay Venus forever. When she steps into the Tuscan landscape of our second cover\u2014both backgrounds painted marvelously by Nichole Leavy\u2014she slips into a gown of iridescent blue silk chiffon with split sleeves, studded by 150-year-old gold buttons. Perhaps she is one of the<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><strong>Muses:<\/strong> Clio for history; Polyhymnia for sacred poetry, song, and dance; Thalia for comedy and celebration. Or a new Muse for a modern age that embraces the past \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Why, incidentally, is there no Muse for painting? Some people say it\u2019s because art must be governed by the goddess of beauty. Or maybe all of us are the Muses. Because even a so-called ordinary girl can change the world.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><b>Breaking the Wheel<\/b><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p2\">Take, for example, Raphael\u2019s Saint Catherine of Alexandria, painted with the spiked wheel of her martyrdom, face turned to the heavens in ecstatic conversation. She too has been a guiding spirit for the Renaissance and beyond: intense, intelligent, sure of her convictions and her rightful place. Not afraid to suffer for her beliefs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Born around 287, Catherine was a princess and a bookworm (girl after our heart) who converted to Christianity at age fourteen. She set about converting other Romans until the emperor Maxentius considered her a problem when she was about eighteen. He sent pagan philosophers to teach her a lesson and bring her back to the official state religion\u2014and she out-debated them, even convinced some of them to adopt the new faith. Naturally, Maxentius threw her in prison. She held firm. He proposed marriage; she refused. But when he condemned her to death, she accepted with grace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The method of execution was to have been that spiky wheel on which she leans in Raphael\u2019s picture. It was a cruel sentence, with the executioner using the wheel to break victims\u2019 bones and then leaving them to die. But when the wheel came out, Catherine touched it\u2014and it shattered under her hand. So Maxentius ordered the executioner to cut off her head \u2026 and instead of blood, her wound ran with milk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Saint Catherine has endured for more than 1,700 years as a model of intelligence and resolve. In 1428, her voice urged sixteen- year-old Joan of Arc to take charge of the French army; this princess also knew how to be a warrior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Joan\u2019s heroism was still within living memory when Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (even his name is a work of art) painted this picture around 1507. His Catherine embodied strength of character and grace, her body twisting away from the wheel that was meant to be her end and up to the heavens in which she trusts. And he painted her in ecstasy, plugged into the divine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Our modern saint takes Raphael\u2019s version a step further. She\u2019s already shattered the wheel and kicked the pieces away; it doesn\u2019t belong anywhere near her. When we first encounter her, on our inside cover, she meets our eyes immediately\u2014chin up, proud and defiant, with a smile in the corners of her mouth. <i>That\u2019s<\/i><i> <\/i><i>right,<\/i><i> <\/i>she says, <i>I\u2019m<\/i><i> <\/i><i>still<\/i><i> <\/i><i>here.<\/i><i> <\/i>Page a little further into the feature and you\u2019ll see that in her most Raphaelesque pose\u2014eyes toward the sky\u2014she has actually left the painting behind to plant her feet on the modern studio floor and channel the divine into this complicated world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">She shows up several times, too, in the work of Artemisia Gentileschi, who herself withstood torture to tell her own truth (see \u201cWhen Women Painted the Renaissance\u201d on page 28), and in paintings by Caravaggio, Titian, Vanessa Bell, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">Catherine<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">is<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">a<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">princess<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">in<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">the<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">very<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">best<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">sense:<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">a<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">brilliant intellectual,<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">a<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">persuasive<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">debater,<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">with<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">a<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">magical-miraculous<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">scorn for<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">anyone<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">who<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">tries<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">to<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">tell<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">her<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">who<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">to<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">be.<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">She<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">doesn\u2019t<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">need<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">a weapon<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">to<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">fight<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">a<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">war;<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">she<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">has<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">her<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">mind<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">and<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">her<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">will,<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">a<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">complexity that<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">might<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">surprise<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">even<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">our<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">Venus.<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">A<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">secret<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">smile<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">between<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">poses hints<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">at<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">even<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">more<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">mysteries<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">to<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">uncover,<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">perhaps<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">a<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">challenge<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">for<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">us<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><em><strong>Will you be a goddess or a saint?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">We answer her just as we\u2019d answer our Venus: Why choose? Be one, be both, be anything. 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