Madonna del Granduca

of art have been made to express political, religious, societal, or filial messages. This paper tries to focus its attention on paintings as one form of art and specifically on the 1380 Virgin and Child done by Antonio Veneziano and the 1504 Madonna Del Granduca by Raphael Sanzio. Both paintings are from different eras of art work, which as Gothic and Renaissance respectively and focus on the human form with religion being depicted as the theme. Both exhibit numerous variations of possible meaning

Raffaello Sanzio, known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect born in the mountain town of Urbino. In his early years, Raphael was trained by his father Giovanni Santi, a court painter and versifier, allowing him to gain a wide education in the arts, literature, and social skills. This enabled Raphael to move easily amongst the higher circles of court society and this helped him gain recognition. “His career falls naturally into three phases and three styles, first described by Giorgio

In Europe during 1250-1350, the major technological advancement, firearms, was significant in influencing Europe’s rulers. Although created between the mid 13th and 14th century, firearms, such as cannons and muskets, weren’t fully developed to be efficient and reliable in warfare until the mid 1400’s. Due to an increase in firearms, rulers began to create centralized, fiscal-military states to finance their strategic shift to firearm bearing infantries (542,). Rulers also began to implement imperialism