Lippi, Madonna and Child with two Angels (quiz) Our mission is to provide a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere.

When you look at this image, your eye follows from the background buildings to the mother of the child, then down to the child, in the spiral shape of the golden ratio.

Bellini wanted to make Mary one with the Earth, so her dress is connected to the ground. The soft round faces of his subjects reveal human sentiment, while exuding sublime perfection and serenity, as illustrated by Madonna on the Meadow (1505). The Madonna del Prato was painted by Raphael, the great Italian artist. If you're seeing this message, it means we're having trouble loading external resources on our website. His contribution to the art of drawing was a mastery of several techniques: metalpoint, chalk or pen and ink. Raphael gave the Madonna in the Meadow to his Florentine patron Taddeo Taddi as a gift; in 1662 it was acquired at its place of origin by Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Tirol. Furthermore, Raphael’s Madonna of the Meadow is not only a terrific piece, but it also captures the spirit of the Renaissance and the Catholic religion. It was commissioned by the Florentine humanist Taddeo Taddei. With Leonardo and Michelangelo, Raphael is considered the third great artist of the Italian High Renaissance. Charming is her pensive face, beautiful folded in a prayerful gesture hands. Raphael, Alba Madonna, oil on panel transferred to canvas, c. 1510 (National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker Donatello, Mary Magdalene, c. 1455, wood, 188 cm (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence) Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker & Dr. Beth Harris. This is a painting called, "Madonna in the Meadow", painted by Giovanni Bellini in 1505. Over time he began to arrange figures in a signature pyramid configuration, and gradually increased their movement and psychological interplay. Madonna, in Christian art, depiction of the Virgin Mary; the term is usually restricted to those representations that are devotional rather than narrative and that show her in a nonhistorical context and emphasize later doctrinal or sentimental significance. The Madonna is accompanied most often by 3:57. Smarthistory is the most-visited art history resource in the world & official provider of art history for Khan Academy. The figures represent the Madonna with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist as a child.