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Mary Statue Criticized And Vandalized: How Artists Have Often Reimagined Christ’s Birth
Mary Statue Criticized And Vandalized: How Artists Have Often Reimagined Christ’s Birth

(ANALYSIS) A sculpture of the Virgin Mary showing her giving birth to Jesus was recently attacked and beheaded. Called “Crowning” by the artist Esther Strauss, the sculpture had been part of a temporary exhibition of art outside the Catholic St. Mary Cathedral in Linz, Austria. The sculpture was controversial for its explicit depiction of birth; an online petition seeking its removal received more than 12,000 signatures.

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