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Mother and child \u2013 in the history of European Art, this subject was strongly influenced by the illustration of Mary and her baby Jesus. Early pictures often show a resplendently dressed woman who presents the son of God on her lap. She holds a little person at arm\u2019s length who resembles an adult much more than a child.
\nOnly from the beginning of the Renaissance is their relationship shown as a close, personal, devoted and very intimate one. Nestled up to his mother\u2019s arm he seems preoccupied in his mother\u2019s care –\u00a0 even though his destiny, his end, his sacrifice are always present \u2013 as the portrait is always in the service of religion.
\nAnnette is aware of this historic, this religious dimension. She addresses a big topic and faces up to it. Her delicate bronze sculptures stretch up gracefully and assert themselves. In doing so they seem natural, without any pathos, without sentimentality or clich\u00e9.\u00a0 They rest within themselves, they create energy through an aura that surrounds them and that has its source of strength in the moment itself. Mother and child united, closely entwined, holding each other.
\n\u201cTwo-ones\u201d \u2013 one as two and two as one. It is the total surrender, the absolute devotion, the complete commitment and security that determines this bound. Being together and yet alone. Having arrived and yet also at the beginning of something new.\u00a0 Feeling safe and at the same time uncertain.
\nOf course Annette\u2019s figurines don\u2019t promise the world\u2019s salvation but they are meant as a testimony to life being an adventure in itself.<\/p>\n
Dr. Annette Schmid
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Adventure of Life About the Mother and Child Figures by Annette Zappe Mother and child \u2013 in the history of European Art, this subject was strongly influenced by the illustration of Mary and her baby Jesus. Early pictures often show a resplendently dressed woman who presents the son of God on her lap. She holds […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":14,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-73","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["de","en"],"languages":{"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":false,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"yoast_head":"\n