Virgin and Child
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Virgin and Child by Pietro Lombardo (Italian, c. 1435–1515) (c. 1475–1485). General Income Fund Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.273

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In the later 1400s, artists increasingly infused sacred subject matter with a classical vocabulary. The shallow relief and simplified forms ultimately stemmed from ancient sculpture, bringing gravity as well as novelty to a conventional theme. Yet naturalistic elements such as the baby’s bulging navel, chubby wrists, and shirt pulled up to reveal his genitals all humanize Christ, a critical principle of Christian dogma.

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a pale marble relief depicts the virgin mary tenderly holding her infant son, jesus.

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