Can somebody tell me some symbols found in Botticellis painting “madonna and child with an angel”?
When shoes are taken off in a painting it symbolizes holy ground. A similar interpretation would follow for the depiction of the infant Jesus with bare feet. The colour white in his garments symbolizes innocence. The colour blue in Mary’s robe symbolizes purity. The child standing next to Mary is an angel. Nails appear, along with a crown of thorns on the angel’s head, representing a crucifixion and give the painting an ominous tone of events to come. The angel is wearing brown, a sombre colour which symbolizes the entombment to come. The open window probably has a symbolism attached to it, along with the blue sky. It may represent a better world to come. Apart from these details, I am providing an interpretation of the painting that I have copied and pasted: Botticelli’s The Madonna and Child with an Angel, 1468 (housed in Spedale degli Innocenti of Florence). The Madonna looks thoughtfully upon the crown of thorns and the nails, which the Christ-child innocently, unsuspectingly holds
