Editing Madonna (art) (section)

===Modern images===
[[File:La Vierge au lys.jpg|thumb|180px|''[[La Vierge au lys|Virgin of the Lilies]]'', [[Bouguereau]], 1899]]

In some European countries, such as Germany, Italy and Poland sculptures of the Madonna are found on the outside of city houses and buildings, or along the roads in small enclosures.

In Germany, such a statue placed on the outside of a building is called a ''Hausmadonna''. Some date back to the Middle Ages, while some are still being made today. Usually found on the level of the second floor or higher, and often on the corner of a house, such sculptures were found in great numbers in many cities; [[Mainz]], for instance, was supposed to have had more than 200 of them [[Bombing of Mainz in World War II|before World War II]].<ref>{{Cite book
  | last1 = Wöhrlin
  | first1 = Annette
  |author2=Luzie Bratner |author3=Marlene Höbel |author4=Hiltraud Laubach |author5=Anne-Madeleine Plum
  | title = Mainzer Hausmadonnen
  | publisher = Leinpfad
  | year = 2008
  | location = Ingelheim
  | isbn = 978-3-937782-70-6 }}</ref> The variety in such statues is as great as in other Madonna images; one finds Madonnas holding grapes (in reference to the ''[[Song of Songs]]'' 1:14, translated as "My lover is to me a cluster of henna blossoms" in the [[New International Version|NIV]]), "immaculate" Madonnas in pure, perfect white without child or accessories, and Madonnas with roses symbolizing her life determined by the mysteries of faith.<ref>Anne-Madeleine Plum, "Kreuzzepter-Madonna--Zypertraube ind fruchtbringende Rede" and "Maria, Geheimnisvolle Rose", in Wöhrlin, ''Mainzer Hausmadonnen'', pp. 49–54, 55–57.</ref>

In Italy, the ''roadside Madonna'' is a common sight both on the side of buildings and along roads in small enclosures. These are expected to bring spiritual relief to people who pass them.<ref>Thomas Singer, 2004 ''The cultural complex'' {{ISBN|1-58391-913-9}} p. 68</ref> Some Madonnas statues are placed around Italian towns and villages as a matter of protection, or as a commemoration of a reported miracle.<ref>Mark Pearson, 2006 ''Italy from a Backpack'' {{ISBN|0-9743552-4-0}} p. 219</ref>

In the 1920s, the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]] placed statues called the ''[[Madonna of the Trail]]'' from coast to coast, marking the path of the [[old National Road]] and the [[Santa Fe Trail]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6K5T_Madonna_of_the_Trail_Lamar_Colorado |title=''Madonna of the Trail'' |access-date=2009-12-09 |archive-date=2011-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606234028/http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6K5T_Madonna_of_the_Trail_Lamar_Colorado |url-status=live }}</ref>

Throughout his life, the painter [[Ray Abeyta|Ray Martìn Abeyta]] created works inspired by the Cusco School style of Madonna painting, creating a hybrid of traditional and contemporary Latino subject matter representing the colonialist encounters between Europeans and Mesoamericans.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |last = Williams |first = Stephen P. |title=The Art Is Striking, and So Are the Cars |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/05/realestate/05habi.html |access-date=9 April 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 5, 2007 }}</ref><ref name="ABQ Journ Mary">{{cite news |last = Roberts |first=Kathaleen |title=NM History Museum unveils rare colonial paintings of Mary |url = https://www.abqjournal.com/422369/nm-history-museum-unveils-rare-colonial-paintings-of-mary.html |access-date=9 April 2019 |newspaper=Albuquerque Journal |date=June 29, 2014}}</ref>

In 2015 iconographer Mark Dukes created the icon [[Our Lady of Ferguson]], depicting the Madonna and child, in relation to the [[Shooting of Michael Brown]] in [[Ferguson, Missouri]].<ref>[http://nebraskaepiscopalian.org/?cat=32&paged=2 Prayer and Devotion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930231418/http://nebraskaepiscopalian.org/?cat=32&paged=2 |date=2020-09-30}}</ref>