In painting, there was only a portrait of Hieronymus Holtzschuher, a Madonna and Child ( 1526 ), Salvator Mundi ( 1526 ), and two panels showing St. John with St. Peter in background and St. Paul with St. Mark in the background.

" Steve Huey of Allmusic asserted that despite being born into a family of entertainers, Janet Jackson has managed to emerge a " superstar " in her own right, rivaling not only several female recording artists including Madonna and Whitney Houston, but also her brother, while " successfully her image from a strong, independent young woman to a sexy, mature adult.

The sculpture Madonna and Child, which can be seen in the transept, is believed to be Michelangelo's only sculpture to have left Italy within his lifetime.

The earliest surviving image in a Western illuminated manuscript of the Madonna and Child comes from the Book of Kells of about 800 ( there is a similar carved image on the lid of St Cuthbert's coffin of 698 ) and, though magnificently decorated in the style of Insular art, the drawing of the figures can only be described as rather crude compared to Byzantine work of the period.

Its expense registers in the use of thin sheets of real gold leaf in all parts of the panel that are not covered with paint, a visual analogue not only to the costly sheaths that medieval goldsmiths used to decorate altars, but also a means of surrounding the image of the Madonna with illumination from oil lamps and candles.

For example, Madonna performed three solo songs in the concert, but only two were included on the DVD (" Love Makes the World Go Round " was omitted ).

Their five No. 2 singles were exceeded only by Elvis Presley and Madonna with 6 each and tied with The Carpenters.

Inquisitorial courts only became systematically involved in the witch-hunt during the 15th century: in the case of the Madonna Oriente, the Inquisition of Milan was not sure what to do with two women who in 1384 and in 1390 confessed to have participated in a type of white magic.

On 17 July 2012, pop icon Madonna performed in Hyde Park for her only London date during her MDNA World Tour in front of nearly 55, 000 people.

There are only two works signed by him: the Madonna with Child and an altarpiece ( Padua ).

There is only one in the United States, housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, which is his Madonna and Child in tempera and gold leaf on panel c. 1300.

* During the late 1980s, Pioneer signed contracts with major music artists, such as Madonna, Janet Jackson, Depeche Mode and others, to release their concerts on Laserdisc only through Pioneer.

* Sting and Madonna are the only international popstars to have played dates at Maracanã on distinct occasions.

When Pepsi executives saw the video, they yanked the advertisement after only two airings in an attempt to dissociate themselves from Madonna.

Initially, the tour was only to reach Japan and North America, as Madonna was considering roles in several films.

The shift was short-lived, and he would only return to pop indirectly by providing backing vocals for his friend Madonna many years later, on her cover of " American Pie " and on the track " They Can't Take That Away from Me " on Robbie Williams ' Swing When You're Winning in 2001.

In Fred Bronson's The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits book, Leonard explained that the song was recorded in one day with Madonna adding her vocals only once.

Madonna performed the song live only once, on her 1987 Who's That Girl World Tour.

The altarpiece is significant in that it is the first dated work of Pietro Lorenzetti, and one of only four paintings with verifiable documentation including the Carmelite Altarpiece, the Uffizi Madonna, and the Birth of the Virgin.

In both cases, the photos were taken earlier in their careers and sold to Penthouse only after Madonna and Williams became famous.

Vita was originally going to make the version her own featuring her rapping on the remake, but Madonna only permitted the version where Vita does exactly the same style as Madonna.

Chris Nelson of The New York Times reported that by the 1990s, " rtists like Madonna and Janet Jackson set new standards for showmanship, with concerts that included not only elaborate costumes and precision-timed pyrotechnics but also highly athletic dancing.

Madonna contributed a few lines.

In 1986 Du Prez contributed songs to the soundtrack of the Madonna ( entertainer ) and Sean Penn movie Shanghai Surprise: Hottest gong in town and Zig-Zag.

Michelangelo hurried to Sangallo's solitary bachelor room with his sketches, asked the architect to design a stand which would simulate the seated Madonna.

From 1586 is his altarpiece of the Madonna with Child and Saints, in the National Gallery of Parma.

In " The Power of Madonna " Kurt Hummel joins the Cheerios along with Mercedes Jones.

In 2004, another version of The Scream, along with one of Madonna, were stolen from the Munch Museum in a daring daylight robbery.

Italian Comedy is generally considered to have started with Mario Monicelli's I soliti Ignoti ( Big Deal on Madonna Street ) and derives its name from the title of Pietro Germi's Divorzio all ' Italiana ( Divorce Italian Style, 1961 ).

He brought with him paintings of the Madonna and the Madonna and Child.

Madonna in Glory with Saints, Besançon Cathedral

Also in Lucca, in the October 1509, he painted by Albertinelli an altarpiece with Madonna and Child with Saints for the local cathedral.

* Madonna portrayed Lang for a sequence in her 1989 music video for " Express Yourself ", complete with Lang's signature suit and monocle.

Campbell also argues that the image of the Virgin Mary was derived from the image of Isis and her child Horus: " The antique model for the Madonna, is Isis with Horus at her breast ".

In African and African diasporic religions, goddesses are often syncretized with Marian devotion, as in Ezili Dantor ( Black Madonna of Częstochowa ) and Erzulie Freda ( Mater Dolorosa ).

The High Renaissance collection includes Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Virgin and Child with St. Anne, St. John the Baptist, and Madonna of the Rocks.

In Parmigianino's Madonna with the Long Neck ( 1534-40 ), Mannerism makes itself known by elongated proportions, highly stylized poses, and lack of clear perspective.

He also may have painted the Madonna and Child with John the Baptist, known as the Manchester Madonna and now in the National Gallery, London, United Kingdom.

In 1989, Wright became involved with actor Sean Penn following his divorce from Madonna.

The most interesting pieces of the interior are a font with marble basin ( 12th – 13th century ), a silver statue of St. Lucy by Pietro Rizzo ( 1599 ), a ciborium by Luigi Vanvitelli, and a statue of the Madonna della Neve (" Madonna of the Snow ", 1512 ) by Antonello Gagini.

File: Duccio. The-Madonna-and-Child-with-Saints-149. jpg | Madonna and Child with saints polyptych, Duccio, Tempera and gold on wood, 1311 – 1318

File: Virgin and child with four saints -- detail -- cortona 1435. jpg | Madonna by Sassetta, Cortona, Tempera on wood, 1435

* Madonna with Child ( 1424 )