Yves Thomas

All about Marie

For 2000 years, Mary, the mother of Jesus, has been the most represented woman in the world. What can we learn about our societies by exploring the representations of a young Jewish girl who became the most famous woman in humanity? What did we want him to say? Looking more closely at the thousand faces that have been given to her by painters and sculptors over the centuries, a story of the place of women is told. And today, at a time of deconstruction of the patriarchal model, Marie could have many things to tell us...