The Virgin Mary is one of the most revered women in the history of the world, and yet amazingly, there is relatively little known about the details of her life. In this beautifully produced book, biblical and literary references to the Virgin Mother have been woven into a biography and a captivating portrait of the time in which she lived. Paying homage to Mary, the full-page color images here are by such artists as Michelangelo, Titian, Raphael, Fra Angelico, Van Eyck, Dürer, and Rossetti.