About this episode

Diane Apostolos-Cappadona discusses the artistic representations and significance of Mary Magdalene in religious art.

TODAY on the GWA Podcast: the esteemed scholar, author, and art historian DIANE APOSTOLOS-CAPPADONA on MARY MAGDALENE! Professor Emerita of Religious Art & Cultural History and Haub Director of the Catholic Studies Program at Georgetown University, and Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Art History Program at The George Washington University, Apostolos-Cappadona has written extensively on art history. The author of Mary Magdalene: A Visual History (2023); A Guide to Christian Art (2020); Encyclopedia of Women in Religious Art (1996); Dictionary of Christian Art (1994); and The Spirit and the Vision: The Influence of Christian Romanticism on the Development of 19th-Century American Art (1995), and “In Search of Mary Magdalene: images and traditions” (2002)... Apostolos-Cappadona is one of the leading scholars in the world on religious art and, in particular, the image of Mary Magdalene. So - today - unlike in episodes where we deep-dive into a single artist, we will be taking an approach like we've previously done with Marina Warner on Eve, or Natalie Haynes on Medusa, and deep-diving into one of the most popular yet enigmatic figures in art: Mary Magdalene, who has been…

People in this episode

Host: Katy Hessel

Guest: Diane Apostolos-Cappadona

Topics covered

• Mary Magdalene
• religious art
• art history
• cultural history
• feminine figures in art

Keywords

• Mary Magdalene
• religious art
• Diane Apostolos-Cappadona
• art history
• cultural history
• feminine figures
• Christian art

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Mary Magdalene: A Visual History, A Guide to Christian Art, Encyclopedia of Women in Religious Art, Dictionary of Christian Art, The Spirit and the Vision: The Influence of Christian Romanticism on the Development of 19th-Century American Art, In Search of Mary Magdalene: images and traditions

Places: Georgetown University, The George Washington University

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