Sacred conversation

In art, a sacra conversazione (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsaːkra komversatˈtsjoːne]) meaning holy/sacred conversation, but usually left in Italian, is a depiction of the Virgin and Child (the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus) amidst a group of saints in a relatively informal grouping, as opposed to the more rigid and hierarchical compositions of earlier periods. * Sacra conversazione by Raffaello Sanzio, 1503-1505 * Virgo inter Virgines, Gerard David, c. 1509 * Hortus conclusus in Triptych of the Virgin and Child with Saints depicted by a member of the Cologne school, c. 1520 *

Sacred conversation

In art, a sacra conversazione (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsaːkra komversatˈtsjoːne]) meaning holy/sacred conversation, but usually left in Italian, is a depiction of the Virgin and Child (the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus) amidst a group of saints in a relatively informal grouping, as opposed to the more rigid and hierarchical compositions of earlier periods. * Sacra conversazione by Raffaello Sanzio, 1503-1505 * Virgo inter Virgines, Gerard David, c. 1509 * Hortus conclusus in Triptych of the Virgin and Child with Saints depicted by a member of the Cologne school, c. 1520 *