FRANCISCO BOSOLETTI // Hybris

Francisco Bosoletti // Estasi di Maria Maddalena // negativ painted // Acrylic and oil on canvas // 2017 // 100×80 cm A Revision of the role of woman in biblical history, and the mode of connection with the gods. Biblical txts seen as mythology. There is much behind the the figure of Mary Magdalene, about how Christianity decided the role of women in society. This is a scene, commonly depicted in classic art, of the moment when she enters into a state of ecstasy.