Santa Margherita Madonna

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/santa-margherita-madonna

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the medium?Oil on panel
2. What is the artist?Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)
3. What is the Santa Margherita Madonna painting?It is a beautiful oil on panel painting by Parmigianino made in 1529-1530, showing a mother and baby.
4. Who painted the Santa Margherita Madonna and when?Parmigianino, a young Italian artist, painted it between 1529 and 1530.

Iconography: The visual images and symbols used in a work of art or the study or interpretation of these.
High Renaissance: The final phase of the Italian Renaissance, characterized by a peak in artistic achievement and a sense of classical harmony, roughly from the late 15th to the early 16th century.
Devotional Art: Art created for the purpose of inspiring religious devotion or aiding in prayer and meditation.