The Sacred Feminine: Madonna

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Friday, July 18, 2025

Ambrosius Benson, Madonna and Child

Madonna Soccorso, San Severo, Italy

Monday, May 13, 2024

Bernadino Luini, Madonna del Roseto

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

The Immaculate Conception

The Immaculate Conception, Cuzco School.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

The Black Madonna of Czestachova

This appears to be a 19th century version of the famous icon.
Thanks to Barbara from stille linde for reminding me of this wonderful image.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Correggio

Madonna Adoring the Infant Christ (detail)

Monday, March 14, 2011

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Stylisation

Luis De Morales, c. 1520-1586, Virgin and Child.

Something about the graceful stylisation of anatomy in this work reminds me of William Blake - especially the hands.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Sandro Botticelli

The Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Bernadino Luini

Madonna from the collection of the National Gallery in London.

detail and digital restoration by Jeronimus.

About This Blog

A collection of some of the most beautiful depictions of the feminine in Western art throughout the ages, with a particular emphasis on the sacred feminine. Most of the works are paintings, and most in oil.

Included are some works by non-Western artists working in the Western tradition of oil technique.

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Comments and suggestions always welcome.

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Figurative art describes artwork - particularly paintings and sculptures - which are clearly derived from real object sources, and are therefore by definition representational. The term 'figurative art' is often taken to mean art which represents the human figure, or even an animal figure, and, though this is often the case, it is not necessarily so. Since the arrival of abstract art the term figurative has been used to refer to any form of modern art that retains strong references to the real world. This blog is about figurative art in the sense of the human figure, with particular emphasis on idealised representations of the feminine, or the feminine as sacred.