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     Music was big in the Northern Renaissance similar to the popularization of visual art. The form of art was well known and played majorly in Europe. The European composers made changes to the music to better the listening experience for Europe, but they also kept many aspects from the past when it comes to composition. "Although sixteenth-century European composers began to increase the complexity of their style, frequently using polyphony, they continued to use forms developed in the High Middle Ages and the early Renaissance," ( Cunningham 346). In fact, the musicians during this time were recognized as heirs of the thirteenth and fourteenth century predecessors. They continued writing madrigals (a song for multiple voices), which originally was created in Italy "for the entertainment of courtly circles," (Cunningham 347). Madrigals easily became a main feature of musical development since it was so widely used by composers throughout Europe.  Heinrich Isaac

     I chose to read the article "Raphael's "Small Cowper Madonna" and "Madonna of the Meadow": Their Technique and Leonardo Sources" by David Alan Brown to learn more about Raphael's painting, Madonna of the Meadow after reading a little bit about it in Chapter 13 . The purpose of this JSTOR article was to compare the two artworks, Small Cowper Madonna and Madonna of the Meadow , both created by High Renaissance artist, Raphael Sanzio, after cleaning. In the article, the author compared and contrasted the two works, while going in depth on the artistic choices that Raphael made in his paintings. Another main point in the article was Leonardo's influence in Raphael's paintings. "The purpose of this article is to compare the two paintings by Raphael, after cleaning, and to do so in terms not only of their technique but also of their sources in the work of Leonardo da Vinci" (Brown 9).       Raphael Madonna in the Meadow 1505-1