Focus on Madonna della Loggia (Botticelli) and explore the Botticelli and Madonnas.
Beginning from the mid 1460s, Botticelli worked on several paintings that have the same context as the Madonna della Loggia. He painted four works of Virgin Mary with a child and he continued to paint Madonnas in a similar manner throughout next decade. What is common for almost all his paintings is depiction of Madonna in a loggia, a so-called European porch, an outdoor area that was a part of the building. One of the most famous paintings that is known everywhere is Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa that was originally painted sitting in a loggia before parts of the paintings were cut off. However, it is still visible on the left bottom part of the painting. In Botticelli's artwork loggia is distinct and stands out on the background of the painting. It is noticeable that Botticelli paints different styles of loggias in his paintings. Madonna and Child of 1470 has closely the same loggia as Madonna della Loggia, and it does not only have a similar loggia, but the image of Mother and the Christ.
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