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![Sandro Botticelli, <em>Madonna and Child with Eight Angels</em>, 1478](../../../../../../../../../figures.boundless-cdn.com/14368/full/04px-sandro-botticelli-061.jpeg)
Sandro Botticelli, Madonna and Child with Eight Angels, 1478
An example of religious art, this painting was commissioned by the Catholic Church during the Renaissance. Like a great deal of religious art, the painting is meant to communicate the spiritual beauty of the religious concept echoed in the aesthetic beauty of an oil painting. The work reflects the context of its time, in which art was driven nearly exclusively by religious institutions and used to illustrate and provide instruction about the principles of the religion.
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