Description

A piece of contemporary mixed media art that incorporates an image of the Virgin Mary from Leonardo da Vinci’s painting, The Annunciation, into a modern setting with a large radar or satellite dish.
Artwork Details:
Original Painting: The figure of Mary (or the Annunciate Virgin) is from a detail of Leonardo da Vinci’s early masterpiece The Annunciation (c. 1472–1475), currently held in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. In the original painting, she is seated at a lectern, receiving the news from the Archangel Gabriel.
Contemporary Reworking: The original Renaissance figure has been superimposed onto an image featuring a large, mid-20th-century-style parabolic antenna (radar dish) and an antenna tower.
Artistic Intent: This type of art typically explores the intersection of classical religious iconography with modern science and technology, contrasting historical forms of communication (divine messages) with contemporary methods of long-distance communication and observation (radio astronomy, satellite communication).

The image creates a juxtaposition between faith and empirical science.