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CORREGGIO: Madonna della Scala

CORREGGIO
🖼 Madonna della Scala, c. 1523
Fresco
196 × 141.8 cm
Parma, Italy

Tender intimacy emerges through soft light as Madonna kneels before the sleeping Christ Child, her gesture reverent yet maternal. This devotional scene revolutionized Renaissance spirituality by emphasizing emotional connection over formal grandeur, establishing Correggio's lyrical approach to sacred narrative.

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E. H. Gombrich
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