Madonna Sentence Examples

An interval of five years separates the Vienna "Madonna" from the two fine heads of the apostles Philip and James in the Uffizi at Florence, the pair of boys' heads painted in tempera on linen in the Bibliotheque Nationale at Paris, the "Madonna with the Pink" at Augsburg, and the portrait of Wolgemut at Munich, all of 1516.

Tradition ascribes to Leonardo an attractive fresco of a Madonna with a donor in the convent of St Onofrio, but this seems to be clearly the work of Boltraffio.

The Madonna della Steccata (Our Lady of the Palisade), a fine church in the form of a Greek cross, erected between 1521 and 1539 after Zaccagni's designs, contains the tombs and monuments of many of the Bourbon and Farnese dukes of Parma, and preserves its pictures, Parmigiano's "Moses Breaking the Tables of the Law" and Anselmi's "Coronation of the Virgin."

Many inscriptions and ancient fragments may be seen built into the houses; in front of the Madonna delle Grazie is a bull in red Egyptian granite, and in the Piazza Papiniano the fragments of two Egyptian obelisks erected in A.D.

Sofia in Padua, a Madonna picture of exceptional and recognized excellence.

Another work of Mantegna's later years was the so-called " Madonna della Vittoria," now in the Louvre.

The Madonna is here depicted with various saints, the archangel Michael and St Maurice holding her mantle, which is extended over the kneeling Gianfrancesco Gonzaga, amid a profusion of rich festooning and other accessory.

The Madonna della Ghiara, built in 1597 in the form of a Greek cross, and restored in 1900, is beautifully proportioned and finely decorated in stucco and with frescoes of the Bolognese school of the early 17th century.

In the 13th century we find Guido (da Siena), painter of the wellknown Madonna in the church of S Domenico in Siena.

In the interior there are a "Madonna and Child" of Fra Bartolommeo and a number of other paintings and works of art.

Several of its churches are architecturally interesting, especially the Madonna delle Lacrime (1487) outside the town, the elegant early Renaissance architecture of which resembles that of the Madonna del Calcinaio at Cortona, and most of them (and also the municipal picture gallery) contain paintings by artists of the Umbrian school - notably Lo Spagna, a pupil of Perugino.

Catherine went home by land and stayed for a month in Genoa with Madonna Orietta Scotti, a noble lady of that city, at whose house Gregory had a long colloquy with her, which encouraged him to push on to Rome.

Close by the Eremitani is the small church of the Annunziata, known as the Madonna dell' Arena, whose inner walls are entirely covered with paintings by Giotto.

Though his artistic training was mainly German, and his master belonged to the same school as Cornelius and Overbeck, he loved Italian art and Italy, and the first picture by which he became known to the British public was "Cimabue's Madonna carried in Procession through the Streets of Florence," which appeared at the Royal Academy in 18J5.

In the cliffs opposite the town on the south is the rock-cut church of the Madonna del Parto, developed, no doubt, out of an Etruscan tomb, of which there are many here; and close by is a rock-hewn amphitheatre of the Roman period, with axes of 55 and 44 yds., now most picturesque.

Above Locarno is the romantically situated sanctuary of the Madonna del Sasso (now rendered easily accessible by a funicular railway) that commands a glorious view over the lake and the surrounding country.

The word "lily" is loosely used in connexion with many plants which are not really liliums at all, but belong to genera which are Madonna or White Lily (Lilium candidum).

Among other works of art may be mentioned the clay statue of the Madonna dell' Ulivo by Benedetto da Maiano.

The Madonna del Buon Consiglio has some good reliefs by Andrea della Robbia, by whom is also the beautiful frieze in the Madonna delle Carceri.

Domenico contains a good fresco (Madonna and saints) by Giovanni Santi, the father of Raphael.

Its rooms form a museum of engravings and other records of Raphael's works, together with a picture of the Madonna by his father, Giovanni Santi, formerly thought to be by Raphael himself.

The gem of the collection is Raphael's "Madonna di San Sisto," for which a room is set apart.

There is also a special room for the "Madonna" of the younger Holbein.

On the hills above the town is situated the church and abbey of the Madonna de Montallegro, whose miraculous picture attracts pilgrims from all parts of Italy.

It was probably in 82 B.C. that the city was removed from the hill-side to the lower ground at the Madonna dell' Aquila, and that the temple of Fortune was enlarged so as to include much of the space occupied by the ancient city.

Adjoining the church of the Madonna della Consolazione is the new market, a building of no little beauty.

One of these is the portrait of Frederick the Wise of Saxony, formerly in the Hamilton collection and now at Berlin; the second, much disfigured by restoration, is the Dresden altarpiece with a Madonna and Child in the middle and St Anthony and Sebastian in the wings.

For a great group of the Madonna surrounded with saints there are extant two varying sketches of the whole composition and a number of finished studies for individual heads and figures.

To the same period belong a pleasing but somewhat weak "Madonna and Child" at Florence; and finally, still in the same year 1526, the two famous panels at Munich embodying the only one of the great religious conceptions of the master's later years which he lived to finish.

It was the birthplace of the painter Giorgio Barbarelli (Il Giorgione, 1477-1512), and the cathedral contains one of his finest works, the Madonna with SS.

Madonna (now in Dresden) was sold by the monks in 1754 to Frederick Augustus III.

In one of the chapels is a fine Madonna by Fra Bartolommeo; in the municipal picture gallery are a fine "God the Father" and another Madonna by him; also some sculptures by Civitali, and some good wood carving, including choir stalls.

In his hours of recreation he climbed the hills or traced the Sorgues from its fountain under those tall limestone cliffs, while odes and sonnets to Madonna Laura were committed from his memory to paper.

The poems written In Morte di Madonna Laura are graver and of more religious tone.

The Rime in Vita e Morte di Madonna Laura cannot become obsolete, for perfect metrical form has here been married to language of the choicest and the purest.

The landscape, with its mysterious spiry mountains and winding waters, is very Leonardesque both in this picture and in another contemporary product of the workshop, or as some think of Leonardo's hand, namely a very highly and coldly finished small "Madonna with a Pink" at Munich.

A number of studies of heads in pen or silver point, with some sketches for Madonnas, including a charming series in the British Museum for a "Madonna with the Cat," may belong to the same years or the first years of his independence.

Documents show him, among other things, planning during an absence of several months from the city vast new engineering works for improving the irrigation and water-ways of the Lomellina and adjacent regions of the Lombard plain; ardently studying phenomena of storm and lightning, of river action and of mountain structure; co-operating with his friend, Donato Bramante, the great architect, in fresh designs for the improvement and embellishment of the Castello at Milan; and petitioning the duke to secure him proper payment for a Madonna lately executed with the help of his pupil, Ambrogio de Predis, for the brotherhood of the Conception of St Francis at Milan.

Isabella Gonzaga, who cherished the hope that he might be induced permanently to attach himself to the court of Mantua, wrote about this time to ask news of him, and to beg for a painting from him for her study, already adorned with masterpieces by the first hands of Italy, or at least for a "small Madonna, devout and sweet as is natural to him."

It remains uncertain whether a small Madonna with distaff and spindle, which the correspondent of Isabella Gonzaga reports Leonardo as having begun for one Robertet, a favourite of the king of France, was ever finished.

During these years, 1503-1506, Leonardo also resumed (if it is true that he had already begun it before his travels with Cesare Borgia) the portrait of Madonna Lisa, the Neapolitan wife of Zanobi del Giocondo, and finished it to the last pitch of his powers.

A sheet of sketches drawn there in 1508 shows the beginning of a Madonna now lost except in the form of copies, one of which (known as the "Madonna Litta") is at St Petersburg, another in the Poldi-Pezzoli Museum at Milan.

At the villa of the Melzi family at Vaprio, where Leonardo was a frequent visitor, a colossal Madonna on one of the walls is traditionally ascribed to him, but is rather the work of Sodoma or of Melzi himself working under the master's eye.

The only paintings positively recorded as done by him at Rome are two small panels for an official of the papal court, one of a child, the other of a Madonna, both now lost or unrecognized.

The pilgrimage church of the Madonna dei Miracoli, begun in 1498 by Vincenzo dell' Orto, has a dome of rich architecture externally; the campanile dates from 1516, the rest of the church is later.

An effigy of the Madonna and the Infant Savior fashioned from white alabaster seen on a corbel on the east wall of the church.

An image niche containing a modern madonna marks the site of a chantry altar for the guild of St Mary.

Long before Madonna made an art form out of reinvention, Marianne Faithfull was blazing a path for musical chameleons.

This is Madonna, a tiny, five year old chimp who had been poached and taken to Qatar for the pet trade.

Dr. Hauschka holistic skin care products became all the rage after glowing endorsements from the likes of Madonna, Kylie Minogue and Julia Roberts.

He also kindled Minnelli's taste for decadence; she was like the Madonna of her generation and Halston was her Versace.

Meanwhile Suma has ambitions to take over from the Leather Madonna as the new madam and is very ruthless at her task.

I'm hoping Kate doesn't want to slap me. Eminem mercilessly mocks Madonna in his new video.

Madonna even mocked the crowd once she got inside the building, according to a report.

But one look at Madonna and you know you can be too muscly.

Who really needs to carry round 1,000 hours of music, 102 songs by Madonna, the entire oeuvre of the Beautiful South?

Most female pop stars try to emulate Madonna at some point; very few do it with such panache.

John Scott is the yoga teacher who helped Madonna sculpt her body to its high level of fitness and toned physique.

Not even Madonna, pop music's ultimate pop provocateur, has attempted anything so ambitious.

Madonna's Hung Up, which was out in October for goodness ' sake, is STILL in the charts at number 15.

What Madonna and others of her ilk do arises from their own sensuality and is carried by their charisma.

We found ourselves at Albert where the Madonna, having been hit by shellfire, hung down from the top of a church.

Another madonna, in the form of a relief, leans in a window splay between the two war memorials.

A 1998 Vanity Fair Cover clearly signed " Love Madonna " by pop superstar.

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In the council chamber of the town-hall (1288-1323) is a fresco by Lippo Memmi of the Madonna enthroned of 1317, copied closely from the similar fresco (the "Majestas") by his master Simone di Martino in the Palazzo Pubblico at Siena; there is also a curious frescoed frieze of 1291, with knights in armour.

We may name, besides those already specified - in the Naples Museum, " St Euphemia," a fine early work; in Casa Melzi, Milan, the " Madonna and Child with Chanting Angels " (1461); in the Tribune of the Uffizi, Florence, three pictures remarkable for scrupulous finish; in the Berlin Museum, the " Dead Christ with two Angels "; in the Louvre, the two celebrated pictures of mythic allegory- " Parnassus " and " Minerva Triumphing over the Vices "; in the National Gallery, London, the " Agony in the Garden," the " Virgin and Child Enthroned, with the Baptist and the Magdalen," a late example; the monochrome of " Vestals," brought from Hamilton Palace; the " Triumph of Scipio " (or Phrygian Mother of the Gods received by the Roman Commonwealth), a tempera in chiaroscuro, painted only a few months before the master's death; in the Brera, Milan, the " Dead Christ, with the two Maries weeping," a remarkable tour de force in the way of foreshortening, which, though it has a stunted appearance, is in correct technical perspective as seen from all points of view.

In the south transept of the church is the tomb of the founder; the figure of Galeazzo guarded by angels lies under a marble canopy, with the Madonna in a niche above.

A very pretty curly-headed boy with a look of the Christ in the Sistine Madonna was depicted playing at stick and ball.

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The seated Madonna was a more popular statue than the standing Madonna.

Stars like Madonna, and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have made the news with multiple international adoptions and with the added media attention, international adoptions increased substantially.

Madonna dolls-These dolls are typically handmade by the nuns of a particular order, who may or may not be affiliated with the family's church and/or school.

I Did it Again, Me Against the Music, which featured Madonna, and most recently, in 2004, Toxic.

Catering to celebrities like Cher, Drew Barrymore and Madonna, the artist and the businessman behind the line have brought their dream of quality cosmetics with color variety and creativity to life.

If you're a fan of Madonna, Candy Perfume Girl is not unknown to you.

One listen to Madonna Candy Perfume Girl ensures that the song is not exactly about candy or perfume.

Perhaps surprisingly to some, Madonna does not have a line of fragrances to her name.

Considering so many celebrities have hopped aboard the perfume bandwagon and added their names to everything from perfume to lipstick, it almost seems unbelievable that a trailblazer like Madonna would not have done it first.

It is inspired by a series of nude photographs taken of Madonna in 1979 by photographer Martin Schreiber.

It should be noted that Madonna herself has no affiliation whatsoever with the Nudes 1979 product collection, and the singer has fervently worked to stop the production of items that make such use of the photographs.

Madonna Nudes 1979 for Men contains top notes of olive blossom, citron and grapefruit peel; middle notes of cardamom, star anise and Tonka bean; and base notes of musk, tobacco and teak.

Madonna Nudes 1979 for Women contains top notes of lotus petals, pomegranate and tangerine; middle notes of gardenia, orange flower and magnolia; and base notes of amber, atlas cedar and cashmere musk.

Fleurissimo is one such scent; not only is it said to be a favorite of Madonna and the late actress Grace Kelly, it boasts an intoxicating mixture of floral notes, including rose, lilac, violet and tuberose.

Known for his seductive and intimate shots of the world’s most famous supermodels, actors and singers, Testino is often the photographer of choice for A-list celebrities, such as Madonna, Kate Moss and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Remember, you'll never know unless...as MADONNA used to say...you have to express yourself.

While getting ready for an 80s themed prom night, listen to pop culture icons like Madonna and Michael Jackson, as well as bands like The Smiths and New Order.

Michael Jackson vs. Madonna - Madonna kicked Jackson, who had turned into a hamster, into a pool of acid, killing him.

Some of the many famous homes Starline promises to cruise past belong to Britney Spears, Nicolas Cage, Madonna, Halle Berry, and for you daytime TV fans, Bob Barker and Dr. Phil.

First, let me say that I am way relieved to hear Madonna has given up on the dream of acting.

In a recent interview Madonna reveled that her daughter Lourdes is her biggest critic.

The nine-year old has comment that Madonna's gyrating dance in a leotard was "disgusting", and she has also voiced concerns that her mother may be gay after seeing the diva kiss Britney Spears during her concert.

As if including a crucifixion dance routine in her Rome concert performance was not enough to cause an uproar, Madonna invited the Pope to attend, thinking he would find her act beautiful and elegant.

Perhaps Madonna and Mel Gibson can team up and manage to offend all religions before the year is out.

Like Angelina Jolie before her, Madonna has now taken custody of a boy from Malawi.

While some may argue that it's for the publicity, stars like Madonna and Jolie seem sincere in their efforts to help those less fortunate.

Madonna and husband, director Guy Ritchie, live in England with their two children.

Madonna and Ritchie have now gained preliminary custody of one-year-old David.

As is the case with Madonna, her larger-than-life pull made it relatively easy to gain quick custody of the David.

Madonna's adoption process seems to be on the fast track because of her celebrity status.

In Madonna's case, things appear to be moving much more quickly, and the restriction for evaluation has been waived.

I don't think that the High Court has any information about how Madonna is when it comes to child-rearing."

Other reported macrobiotics include Madonna and Joe Pesci.

Cohen appeared in the Madonna video, Music, as the limousine driver (2000).

When Madonna married Guy Ritchie, she received a three-stone diamond engagement ring.

In January 2007, the Hollywood actress criticized superstar Madonna's adoption of a Malawian boy from a country where the rules on adopting are definitive.

According to People magazine, Madonna left Malawi with the 1-year-old boy, although laws there state that prospective adoptive parents are required to foster the child in the country for up to 24 months.

Madonna created a buzz when she released her M by Madonna line for clothing store H&M in spring 2007, an affordable collection of mix-and-match pieces primarily in white, black and gray.

Madonna has it all - except for the ability to tip properly.

Well, they haven't split yet, but Madonna and husband of almost eight years, Guy Ritchie are planning their divorce.

According to "insiders," Guy and Madonna had been fighting for quite some time…a lot.

Madonna has reportedly hired Paul McCartney's former divorce lawyer, Fiona Shackleton.

Speaking of lawyers, Madonna and Guy didn't sign a pre-nup before exchanging "I do's" and her net worth is estimated at around $500 million while Guy is worth, well… considerably less.

Free Classic Images - Here, you'll find pictures of actors, like George Clooney and Jennifer Aniston, as well as musicians such as Madonna and Natasha Bedingfield.

Moore was introduced to the Kabbalah religion by her close friend Madonna, and has brought her husband, Ashton Kutcher, into the faith.

The papers aren't final quite yet, but word has it that Madonna settled with Guy for millions in order to be a free woman.

According to every tabloid on the market, Madonna and Guy have been walking down the road toward divorce for a while now.

Finally, after all the denials, Madonna and Guy admitted that they were done with their seven year marriage.

Madonna is set to pay her soon to be ex-husband an estimated $75 to $92 million (USD).

Now, before anyone begins calling Guy a gold digger, keep in mind that he had his own sizable $35 million dollar bank account before he married Madonna, though not nearly as big as hers.

He has appeared on the reality show The Marriage Ref as one of the panelists, along with Madonna and Larry David.

Other celebs you may or may not recognize at first glance include Pamela Anderson, Sharon Stone, Leonardo DiCaprio, Snoop Dogg, Robin Williams, Madonna, Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas, Eminem and Cher.

Madonna - Inconsistency is the Material Girl's problem.

Pop stars such as Madonna may completely dominate the scene in music videos and cinematic appearances, but at only 5'0" it might be hard to pick her out in a crowd!

Madonna - This blonde ambition has taken the world by storm-and she's done it all while harboring a fear of thunder.

Inspired by Madonna's "English Roses" collection, Kidorable launched a collection of polka dot rainwear for girls.

If you're searching for a Madonna and child cameo encased in gold, you should concentrate your shopping efforts in the Torre del Greco region.

Madonna, Austin Anderson, Charles Fleischer, Stan Lee, and NAS are all featured on the company's celebrity gallery.

Celebrities who have been the face of Versace include Madonna, Tina Turner, Jon Bon Jovi, Demi Moore, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and most recently -- Halle Berry.

Celebrities such as Madonna, Halle Berry and Jon Bon Jovi have been both involved in campaigns and spotted sporting the eyewear.

For example, Madonna's "Material Girl" is accompanied by the story of a couple of socialites (not unlike Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton) who are stranded on a desert island.

You can get songs from artists like 50 Cent, Beyonce, Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson, Limp Bizkit, Madonna, Outkast, and more.

Leading actors such as Al Pacino, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, and Madonna have all used it on screen.

In this routine done to a Madonna medley, the precision required for a dance team to wow the audience is well illustrated.

This look was worn by women of all ages and brought to life by infamous mall rat pop stars Tiffany and Madonna.

Thanks to adoption, Madonna is now the proud mama to three children, two of whom are hers biologically.

They've been seen on the likes of Madonna, Kate Hudson and Gisele Bundchen, along with a host of other stars.

For example, one of the most popular '80s fads was fashion inspirations with super sex appeal, such as black lace and bustiers (courtesy of Madonna's influence) and off-the shoulder tops for women.

Maybe you grew up in the 80s when everything was neon, stonewashed or loaded down with accessories a la Madonna.

What do Madonna and Cyndi Lauper have in common?

Madonna brought a number of outrageous clothes and accessories to the mainstream, including fingerless lace gloves; bustiers; capri pants; fishnet stockings; rag headbands; black ankle booties; mesh vests; lacy tops; and much more.

Spotted on the likes of Katie Holmes, Cheryl Cole, Madonna and Victoria Beckham, these sleek pants have become a bit more mainstream thanks to these glowing endorsements.

Look for several studded belts and wear them with something white for the "Madonna effect."

The most infamous Madonna 80s style belt is, of course, her "Boy Toy" one, but there were so many different styles this pop icon wore during this decade.

There probably few other celebrities on the planet that have been asked "What are you wearing?" more times than Madonna.

The undisputed queen of reinventing herself stylistically, Madonna had so many different looks during this decade, and most of them can be described by her music.

The Borderline - Madonna dyed her hair blond and accessorized it with a red bandana.

Couple that with dishwater blonde hair, rubber brand jelly bracelets and layers of necklaces and you have one, complete Madonna look.

The Like a Prayer - Madonna dyed her dishwater blonde hair to dark brunette and got those crazy, frizzy curls under control for this controversial music video.

Madonna also wore the iconic "Boy Toy" briefly during the Borderline video, but it was more prominent in her Like a Virgin look.

This masculine belt made various appearances in Madonna's outfits a few times throughout the 1980s.

About half way through the Borderline video, Madonna has on a skinny leather belt with metal studs worn over a long tank tank tops.

If you are going for a total look and need to top it off with a Madonna 80s style belt, the "Boy Toy" belt is the one to go with.

Madonna paired the belt with a wedding dress..

No one really knows what happened to the various belt stylings of Madonna's back in the 80s.

Madonna makes headlines more for her humanitarian efforts than for her clothing.

Whether it was Madonna dancing onstage or Cyndi Lauper dancing down the street in a music video, poufy skirts, featuring plenty of lace underneath to increase volume, were all the rage.

Celebrities like Madonna, Michael Jackson and Devo topped the pop music charts and wannabes popped up around the country.

When Madonna kissed Britney Spears at the Video Music Awards, some conservatives became so hysterical that they literally saw it as the decline of American culture.

First known for distinctive velour tracksuits endorsed by celebrities such as Madonna and Cameron Diaz, Juicy's modern style has embraced t-shirts, jeans, and other accessories.

Dolce & Gabbana designs appear regularly on the red carpet and are often adored by high profile celebrities such as Gisele Bundchen, Nicole Kidman, and Madonna.

Madonna provoked the Chanel craze by carrying a Chanel bag shaped in the style of a video tape.

Back in the 1980s, pop stars like Madonna and Cyndi Lauper wore tons of multi-colored jelly bracelets because they were fun.

Britney Spears' Hebrew tattoo showed up not too long after pop mogul Madonna took Spears under her wing to show her not only the ways of Kabbalah but also ways to cope with mega-stardom.

Madonna and Britney Spears are not the only celebrities practicing Kabbalah.

Popularized as jewelry in the 1980's by stars such as Madonna, the meaning behind these beads is more than decorative; each bead on the rosary denotes one particular prayer.

From The Beatles to James Brown to Madonna, the history of music and the musicians who have made their mark are all spotlighted here.

These wonderful pieces include items once belonging to music legends such as Elvis, The Beatles, Madonna, and Gwen Stefani.

The drag show features a cast of celebrity female impersonators performing as Cher, Madonna, Katy Perry and more.

Mount Madonna Yoga offers both 200- and 500-hours programs, which are registered with the Yoga Alliance.

Celebrities such as Madonna, Meg Ryan, Jennifer Aniston and Ricky Martin all employ private yoga teachers on a regular basis.

Bullet bras often conjure up images of pop performer Madonna, but these bras were actually around long before she showed them in the 1990s.

All of the bras are not reminiscent of Madonna's bra; hers was an extreme design.

Who could forget some of the outfits that Madonna has worn that included exotic tops and corsets?

In the 1980s, Madonna sported them in concerts and videos and they finally went mainstream.

Designers like Jean-Paul Gaultier and pop stars like Madonna are examples of contemporary figures who sport the benefits of these versatile undergarments.

Later, in the 1980s, Madonna revived them and in 2009, Lady Gaga wore a fire-spitting cone-shaped bra in a music performance.

Arguably one of the most famous names in recent pop culture history, Madonna is a pop star, actress, and media mogul.

Born in Rochester, Michigan as Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone, she was raised a Catholic in the late '50s/early 60's.

At the age of five, Madonna's mother died of breast cancer.

Madonna has spoken of her mother in many of her lyrics, interviews, etc. Apparantly, she was always a precocious daughter.

Madonna studied dance from a very young age and after graduating from Rochester Adams High School in 1976, she went on to the University of Michigan with a dance scholarship.

Madonna didn't stay in Michigan long, opting to move to New York in 1977.

It was there that Madonna would become involved in various art communities.

Madonna worked as a model and dancer in New York.

Hit by the singing bug, Madonna would go on to form various groups.

However, Madonna responds that she is merely a businesswoman and points out the double standard pertaining to men and women in show business.

In 1982, Sire Records signed Madonna for her first major contract.

Her first album, entitled Madonna, was released a year later.

Her song "Borderline" off the album reached the US Top Ten, as did the next sixteen singles released by Madonna.

In just a few years, Madonna went from aspiring star to household name.

Although Madonna is a most prolific music producer and singer, it seems to always come second to her larger than life image.

Critics accuse her of selling her body for fame, but Madonna maintains that it is alright, as long as she is the one in control of the exploitation.

Always a creature of controversy, Madonna was steaming up the television screens with her music videos long before Britney Spears was even toddling.

Madonna has changed her look countless ways over the years, earning a reputation for being a chameleon of sorts.

Madonna has even admitted in interviews that exercising is her addiction.

A serial dater for many years, Madonna has had numerous high profile relationships.

Shakira is arguably one of the greatest symbols of feminine empowerment and sexuality since Madonna.

Madonna shook her way through the Gorillaz cartoon world on her way to launching into her recent hit "Hung Up."

The public proved that it was well worth the wait as it went straight into the UK charts at number 1, taking the place of Madonna's 'Like A Prayer'!

Is it really worth getting fired to hear the new Madonna track?

Dare to Be Stupid offers listeners "Like a Surgeon", a parody of Madonna's "Like a Virgin" and "Yoda", sung to the tune of "Lola" by Kinks.

Madonna is up for two Grammy awards at this week's ceremony, both in the dance category.

For every Madonna, Michael Jackson and Wham! who made it big (no pun intended, Wham! fans), in the 1980s, there was a one-hit wonder who scored an equally huge chart-topping hit.

The child of an Internet entrepreneur and a telecommunications assistant, she is known for her catchy songs and bold outfit choices that are compared to early Madonna.

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Madonna offered her entire catalog free of charge.

Glee aired an all Madonna episode in 2010.

The Selena biography is the story of a rising pop star, once dubbed the Mexican Madonna, whose career ended all too soon when she was murdered by an overzealous fan.

Perhaps part of Madonna's long-lasting appeal is her fearlessness when it comes to reinventing herself every so often.

In 2010, she topped Madonna's earnings, with $62 million.

The brothers have been working together in the fashion industry since the 1980s but are best known for being hand selected by Madonna to design 150 costumes for her 2002 Drowned World Tour.

The Madonna above the principal portal falls into the same category.

The Opera del Duomo contains Duccio's famous Madonna, painted for the cathedral in 1308-1311, and other works of art.

Maria di Provenzano, a vast baroque building of some elegance, designed by Schifardini (1594) Sant' Agostino, rebuilt by Vanvitelli in 1755, containing a Crucifixion and Saints by Perugino, a Massacre of the Innocents by Matteo di Giovanni, the Coming of the Magi by Sodoma, and a St Anthony by Spagnoletto (?); the beautiful church of the Servites (15th century), which contains another Massacre of the Innocents by Matteo di Giovanni and other good examples of the Sienese school; San Francesco, designed by Agostino and Agnolo about 1326, and now restored, which once possessed many fine paintings by Duccio Buoninsegna, Lorenzetti, Sodoma and Beccafumi, some of which perished in the great fire of 1655; San Domenico, a fine 13th-century building with a single nave and transept, containing Sodoma's splendid fresco the Swoon of St Catherine, the Madonna of Guido da Siena, 1281, and a crucifix by Sano di Pietro.