--Symbolic landscape —Rock formations symbolize the Christian Church —City near the Madonna’s head is the Heavenly Jerusalem -Pearl motif: seen in headdress and pillow as products of the sea(in upper-left corner): -Pearls used as symbols in scenes of the Incarnation of Christ
-Mary is seen as a young mother -The model may have been the artist’s lover -Landscape inspired by Flemish painting -Scene depicted as if in a window in a Florentine home -Humanization of a sacred theme; there is a sense of domestic intimacy. -Lippi was a monk, as indicated by the word “Fra” that precedes his name; he was working in a Carmelite monastery under the patronage of the Medici.
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