(245.7 x 137.3 cm). The Evolution in Iconography From The Mother & Child to the Madonna & Child in Fine Art, from 37,000 BCE to the 20th Century. Cimabue used egg tempera as a basis of paint on a wood panel. This painting also lacks the emphases of space, since the figures looks like flat on the golden background. It was produced in 13 th century. Workshop of Bernardino Luini (Italian, Milanese School, circa 1480-1532). A visual and descriptive timeline from prehistoric female goddesses to the rise of Christianity, including the earliest manuscripts, the mosiaics of the Hagia Sophia, through the Middle Ages and Renaissance. This piece shows Madonna Enthroned, eight angels and a child. Executed with fine brushwork and lavish gilding, the work will no doubt have served equally as a picture for individual devotions and as a … This painting can be compared with Giotto’s paining Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Saints, which is from the same time period, where we can see similar drapery style and facial characteristics of the child. Madonna and Child was displayed at the Santa Trinita church in Florence, Uffizi, Italy. Specifically, Giotto's Madonna Enthroned was designed for the high altar. The subject quickly evolved, as seen in Lorenzo Monaco’s panel depicting the Madonna and Child or Virgin Enthroned in Majesty (Duccio) Late Medieval Italy (1338) Peaceful City from Effects of Good Government in the City and in the Country (Lorenzetti) It shows the Madonna enthroned, surrounded by twelve angels. After the 17th century patronage of religious art declined. Cimabue, Maestà or Santa Trinita Madonna and Child Enthroned (detail), 1280-90, tempera on panel, 385 x 223 cm (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence) (photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Set against a gleaming gold leaf background, Mary and Christ sit on a monumental throne fashioned of intricately carved wood and studded with gems. Cimabue “Madonna Enthroned” (1275) The Giovanni Cimabue’s Madonna and Child Enthroned is an older painting when compared to the “Madonna and Child Enthroned with Donors and Saints Dominic and Elizabeth of Hungary, c.1343”. Berlinghiero’s Madonna and Child (tempera on wood, gold ground, 31 5/8 x 21 1/8 in, c. 1228–30) is another clear example of the Italo-Byzantine style that can lead to more direct comparisons with Proto-Renaissance altarpieces by Cimabue, Duccio, and Giotto, given that it also shows a maestà. Madonna and Child Enthroned with Angels, mid-16th century.Oil on poplar panel, 96 3/4 x 54 1/16 in. This panel by the Florentine artist-monk was probably created in the 1420s. Like many other trends in art history, the Madonna (derived from the Italian term for Our Lady) and Child tradition can be traced back to the Ancient Roman Empire.. It is 4.27 meters tall and 2.8 meters wide. Built for the Humiliati, a small religious order at the time, the church had many acclaimed paintings designed for it. Madonna and Child was used as an altarpiece panel that promoted the icon of the Virgin Mary and the Holy Child [Nagel 2010]. The subject matter of this painting is a traditional, religious one, with the Virgin Mary, or Madonna, holding the Christ Child …