Madonna
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Madonna (art)
Images of the Madonna and the Madonna and Child or Virgin and Child are pictorial or sculptured representations of Mary, Mother of Jesus, either alone, or morefrequently, with the infant Jesus. These images are central icons of Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox Christianity where Mary remains a central artistic topic.[1] No image (ineither the Western or the Eastern Church) permeates Christian art as the image of Madonna and Child.[2]
While Mary, the Mother of Jesus, may be referred to as "the Madonna" in othercontexts, in art the term is applied specifically to an artwork in which Mary, with or without the infant Jesus, is the focus, and central figure of the picture. Mary and the infantJesus may be surrounded by adoring angels or worshipping saints, however images, which have a narrative content, including those of the many scenes which make up the Life of theVirgin, are not correctly referred to as "Madonnas", but are given a title that reflects the scene such as the Annunciation to Mary.
The earliest such images date from the EarlyChristian Church and are found in the catacombs of Rome.[3] Representation of Mary became more common after the Council of Ephesus in 431. [4] For over a thousand years, through theByzantine, Medieval and Early Renaissance periods the Madonna was the most often produced pictorial artwork. Many specific images of the Madonna, both painted and sculptured, have achievedfame, either as objects of religious veneration or for their intrinsic artistic qualities. Many of the most renowned painters and sculptors in the history of art have turned theirskills toward the creation of Madonna images. These artists include Duccio, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Giovanni Bellini, Caravaggio, Rubens, Salvador Dali and Henry Moore.
Images of the Madonna and the Madonna and Child or Virgin and Child are pictorial or sculptured representations of Mary, Mother of Jesus, either alone, or morefrequently, with the infant Jesus. These images are central icons of Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox Christianity where Mary remains a central artistic topic.[1] No image (ineither the Western or the Eastern Church) permeates Christian art as the image of Madonna and Child.[2]
While Mary, the Mother of Jesus, may be referred to as "the Madonna" in othercontexts, in art the term is applied specifically to an artwork in which Mary, with or without the infant Jesus, is the focus, and central figure of the picture. Mary and the infantJesus may be surrounded by adoring angels or worshipping saints, however images, which have a narrative content, including those of the many scenes which make up the Life of theVirgin, are not correctly referred to as "Madonnas", but are given a title that reflects the scene such as the Annunciation to Mary.
The earliest such images date from the EarlyChristian Church and are found in the catacombs of Rome.[3] Representation of Mary became more common after the Council of Ephesus in 431. [4] For over a thousand years, through theByzantine, Medieval and Early Renaissance periods the Madonna was the most often produced pictorial artwork. Many specific images of the Madonna, both painted and sculptured, have achievedfame, either as objects of religious veneration or for their intrinsic artistic qualities. Many of the most renowned painters and sculptors in the history of art have turned theirskills toward the creation of Madonna images. These artists include Duccio, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Giovanni Bellini, Caravaggio, Rubens, Salvador Dali and Henry Moore.
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