Madonna and Child by Iris Maybloom (irislm)

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31-AUG-2015	irismaybloom

Madonna and Child

Michelangelo's Madonna and Child (1504) was the only one of Michelangelo's works to leave Italy in his lifetime and is today one of the few that can be seen outside of Italy. Originally made for the Cathedral of Sienna, it was bought by two Brugge merchant brothers and donated to the Church of Our Lady in 1514. The sculpture was twice recovered after being looted by foreign occupiers: French revolutionaries around 1794 and the Nazis in 1944.

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Phil Douglis		01-Dec-2015 05:03
I like the way you add context to this masterwork by comparing the delicate row of flowers to the marble pillars that rhythmically move the eye through the image. When I visited this church in 2005, I took an entire different approach. I used black and white, light and shadow, and a long lens to probe the genius of Michelangelo. See:http://www.pbase.com/image/45584548

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