http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/355920/Madonna
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Madonna, ![Madonna and Child, oil painting by the workshop of Giovanni Bellini, …
[Credit: Photos.com/Jupiterimages] Madonna and Child, oil painting by the workshop of Giovanni Bellini, …
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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 the infant Christ, but there are several important types that show her alone.
The theme of the
Madonna and Child was rare in the first centuries of early
Christian art (
c. 3rd–6th century). In 431, however, the establishment of Mary’s title of Theotokos
(“Mother of God”) definitively affirmed the full deity of Christ. Thereafter, to emphasize this concept, an enthroned Madonna and Child were given a prominent place in monumental church decoration.
http://www.who2.com/ask/madonna.html
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Name at birth: Madonna Louise Ciccone
Madonna used a mixture of talent, pulchritude and relentless self-promotion to become one of the most enduring recording artists of the 20th century.
http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/the-marketing-of-evil/
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I was blown away reading
The Marketing of Evil by David Kupelain. I placed the
first chapter online for you to review. Read the excerpt–prepare to be shocked. I feel like the proverbial frog in the frying pan–slowly being boiled. it’s a real eye-opener.
http://www.examiner.com/photojournalist-in-tampa-bay/bubba-the-love-sponge-delays-jury-selection-casey-anthony-case
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