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t where would it find its place in art?Not in the Madonna of the throne. She must not wonder orhaunt you with her gaze. She must receive your homagewith-formal composure. Not in the Madonna of the fieldsand of the quiet nature setting. Naturalness is not an occa-sion for wonder, and this deep… … C 194, Donna Velata. Pitti, Florence. Raphael, 1483-1520. Umbria and Her Artist 283 affection, Raphael finds the place in a new creation, uniquein all Christian art, and noble as it is unique. The Sistine Madonna is undoubtedly an ideahzed portraitof this object of Raphaels affection. The…
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