PARIS (CN) — In an airy, sunlit room in the Grand Palais in Paris, people stare at a painting of the Virgin Mary against a hot pink sky. She is not depicted as a divine figurine, but as a modern woman, full of life; her skyward gaze is full of emotion as she holds her arms upward. The twelve apostles gathered around are obscure in contrast, redirecting the focus toward her.
“The Virgin Mary is depicted as lively, expressive, not frozen in time,” Claire Tabouret, the artist behind the work, explains in the description of the piece. “Her loose hair, her posture and her presence express an inner strength.”
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