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La Belle Ferroniere, c. 1490-1496, by Leonardo da Vinci makes a trip to the Louvre Museum feel like it was blessed by angels. The divine goddess dressed in her extraordinarily beautiful dress is a tribute to her sensual beauty. The ruby worn on her head as a decorative piece of jewellery nominates her worth. There is genial proportions in this contribution from the earth gods, to make us feel aware of more than one hand being involved in the process. The goddess stares out of the canvas as if observing her lover. You do feel once again the artist is communicating an unconscious message about himself and his own sexuality. The luscious velvet cloth, the goddess wears, is not only to encourage her beauty nor her wealth but to give all her finest attributes there maximum value. The goddess within is addressed here to the point of feeling the love of God.

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Andrea del Sarto has an offering to God called Pieta with Saints, c. 1523-1524. The divine understanding of the goddess is the oval egg on the chalice. This is accompanied by a little pot of myrrh to the right hand side of the painting. The Saints surround Jesus and we are referred to his resurrection with the correspondence to God and the goddess. The sacred way to the goddess ascends you so far to God with this painting that pluralism equals the Holy cloth. You notice the divine angel in this painting has trespassed. All is so central to Gods love that the divine highway equals the goddess. Such powerful intellectual contemplation must have competitively been ascending Gods knowledge. The Saints appear in guardianship.

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We have on offer Sandro Botticelli and his beautiful painting Primavera, 1482. This divine offering to God, the gods and the goddess is to behold. Not only do we have Flora spreading the word of God with throwing flowers all over the ground but a veiled Cupid amongst the peach groves spreading the word of love. His small arrow of love usually nominated for Venus below him is directed at one of the three graces. We then have Mercury and like the chemical element his name is situated in is like quicksilver to the heart. The whole painting is about Platonic love and the song of love for God. This is complemented with the three graces dancing on a floral ground cover or flowers growing in the Spring lawn of the orchard. It is a divine painting for the goddess only to view as you feel with most of the Renaissance paintings on offer in Florence, divine goddess territory. We then have Chloris, a water nymph and the wind god Zephyrus, nicely attributed to in Ovid's love poetry, "As she talks, her lips breathe spring roses: I am Chloris, who am now called Flora." Almost the goddess within. The winged god of the winds would sometimes be nominated for another occasion in the garden. They are talking about divinity and the cycles of life, love and death. Then we have Venus to try and keep our little feet on earth with this fertility goddess nominating the rites of Spring.

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When viewing the Virgin Annunciate, c. 1476, by Antonello da Messina we feel we are standing next to the divine angel who is giving the Virgin Mary a divine message of the Holy birth to come, premise maybe the angel is the artist himself, Messina. Her divine understanding of piety and the Christian bible is her blessing, as a comprehension of the Holy Trinity seems to be observed. The Virgin Mary's divine protection would be needed to produce a son. The Father is God sending the angel and the Holy Spirit is the ascending spirit of Christ, this is also what connects the human being to the Holy divine, the Virgin Mary to God. Although we are confronted with Messina's divine sacred geometry to take us through to God by perspective, the Virgin Mary appears to bless us by looking at a painting of her. God bless the angels.

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We notice the blue of the Virgin in Luca della Robbia, too. His terracotta glazes of ivory white with Virgin Mary blue are a delicate understanding of God. Several attributions of her as the Madonna and Child were made by their workshop and are still in existence today  in Florence. The della Robbia blue is quite frequent with the continuing company but nothing exceeds the artistic worth of Luca della Robbia and his beautiful offerings to her, the Virgin Mary. There is a fine contribution also attributed to Andrea della Robbia, a relief portrait also known as simply, Portrait as a Girl. This fine representation is also a Heavenly account and holds Virgin Mary blue in your heart.

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The Virgin Mary is a ruby by birth. Her divine cloth covers her divine fruit, this the Virgin gives to the new baby born, Jesus Christ. Inlaid in her divine cloth is divine gold of God. Often Christian virtue was attributed by her sweet face being carved in ivory white and also marble. The French often use a sweet model for the representations of the Virgin Mary, this could be their wife. Her heart is a starry ring of stars for God and would symbolize when Heaven was given her by God. When the Virgin Mary found Heaven in her heart, when she was given the babe or Immaculate Conception took place. Often it comes to people by God giving them an introduction to a Heavenly way. This can happen quite early in a persons life through finding something they love. Be it classical music, a work of art, a statue in the park, an outdoor sculpture, a great book or just something on the radio. God works in mysterious ways and this could occur in the love of birds or nature. Bumble bees to the home or flowers for your wife. This also occurs with a beautiful offering from the Holy divine in the form of several representations in ivory in the Louvre Museum.

   

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The Holy Virgin Mary mother is pristine as the Madonna. Her motherly role is no more evident than in the Pieta. This sacred blessing mother Mary gave her child ascends your heart to the Trinity. The Holy dove up to God from her Holy birth. The Holy divine message of ascension would be for God via the Virgin Mary's heart. You feel blessed by Holy blue coverage. God takes you unto him by the golden divine and the dove's ascension to the heart of God. Her royal goddess blue is to protect you and the Virgin Mary presents herself to those who are blessed by God's love.