Der Madonna ganz nah
In the organizer's words:
In 15th century Florence, a remarkable phenomenon occurred: everyone who could afford it wanted a small-format painting of the Madonna for private devotion at home.
Wealthy circles could have one painted by Botticelli or order a marble relief from Donatello. However, in order to satisfy the wishes of less well-off customers, reliefs were modeled from cheap materials such as clay or stucco, which could even be reproduced by casting. The compositions usually came from important sculptors and the coloring was carried out in the best painting studios in the city. This resulted in some of the most enchanting creations of the Italian Renaissance.
Previously virtually unnoticed, there are four such Madonna reliefs in the Dresden Sculpture Collection, which have now been restored and can be shown again after many decades. In the context of painting, graphic art and arts and crafts of the period, it is possible to discover how, in Florence before 1500, the theme of the Madonna and Child was transformed into a deeply human and touching pictorial task, which would ultimately culminate in Raphael's famous works.
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