MADONNA&MADONNA

THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOLY AND UNHOLY WOMEN

How do the representations relate to each other?

An investigation through digital processing.

Madonna delle Arpie, painting by Andrea del Sarto, 1517, detail and reduced to black and white & Madonna, Queen of POP, photographed by Herb Ritts, 1987, reduced to black and white
Madonna, painting by Edvard Munch, 1894, transformed to black and white, inverted & Popicon Madonna, photographed by Steven Meisel, 1991, reduced to black and white, inverted
Madonna, painting by Brian Kershnik & Popicon Madonna, photograph found in the internet
Madonna with Child, painting by Giovanni Bellini, 1480-1490 & Popicon Madonna, photographed by Helmut Newton, 1990
The Canigiani Madonna, painting by Raffaelo Sanzio, 1507 & Popicon Madonna, photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, 1989
Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist, painting by Giovanni Bellini, 1490-1495 & Madonna, pop icon, photographed by Herb Ritts, 1987
Alba Madonna, painting by Raffaelo Santi, 1510 & Madonna, pop icon, photograph found in the interent
Pietá, sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarotti, 1498-1499 & Madonna, pop icon, photograph found in the interent
Madonna and Child, Giovanni Bellini, 1480/1485 & Madonna, pop icon, photograph found in the interent