Raphael

Raphael The subject matter of Maddona and Child was a very popular one for artists of the sixteenth century. Rapahel, and Giovanni Bellini both painted numerous versions of the Maddona and Child. While both of the artists viewed the subject as a religious and highly emotional expression, their portrayal of many other aspects differed greatly. While Raphael portrayed what seems to be a loving, warm relationship between mother and child, a lifelike Christ child, and serenity within his paintings, Bellini portrayed a relationship that seems distant relationship between mother and child, a deathlike image of the Christ child and a sense of depression and uneasiness within his works. Differences between the views of the artists on the portrayal of Maddona and Child can clearly be seen through the artists' use of colour, backgrounds in which the figures are placed, the poses of the figures and their relationships to one another. These can all be seen in many of the works by Bellini and Raphael, specifically, "The Small Cowper Madonna", and "Maddona Del Granduca" by Raphael and "Greek Madonna" and "Madonna of the Meadow" by Bellini. The subject of Maddona and Child is one that is highly emotional. Raphael and Bellini portray child, madonna, virgin, very, one, mother, bellini, seems, body, raphael, between, small, paintings, greek, cowper, both, works, way, though, support, maddona, granduca, expression, del, seem, relationship, portrayed, meadow, looks, different, christ-child, while, two, totally, subject, same