What aspects of the identity of the Virgin and Child appear to be dramatically emphasized in the first sculpture?
Virgin and Child (The Morgan Madonna), from Auvergne, France, second half of 12th century. Painted wood, 2’7” high. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.Röttgen Pietá, from the Rhineland, German, ca. 1300-1325. Painted wood, 2’ 10” high. Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn.Each of these sculptures, which are roughly the same size, features the Virgin Mary holding her son … Read more