Mater Dolorosa
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Warhol’s Jackie is a ravaged yet noble figure of mourning, a mater dolorosa for the nation, conveying in her composed agony the loss of JFK to an assassin’s bullet.
From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2016
The mother, or Grey Lady, is the mater dolorosa, a woman of sorrowing countenance, possibly the mother of Christ; her huge supplicating hands resemble those of a piet�.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many saw her as a veritable mater dolorosa.
From Time Magazine Archive
Alone, burnt-eyed, she raises an arm as she watches the Greek fleet under full sail, a Botticelli Venus transformed into the mater dolorosa.
From Time Magazine Archive
Take, for instance, the following little story: An American is seated in a railway carriage, and opposite him is a lady in deep mourning, and looking a picture of sadness; a veritable mater dolorosa.
From A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things by O'Rell, Max
