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Madonna (art)
Madonna (art): depictions of the Virgin Mary, especially the Madonna and Child theme (Italian ma donna, 'my lady'), spanning Byzantine Hodegetria, Gothic Virgo lactans, Renaissance humanized types, and modern works by Munch and Rubens.
Madonna (Munch)
Madonna (Munch): series of five painted versions and prints by Edvard Munch, 1893–1897, also titled Loving Woman or Woman Making Love, showing a nude woman with a red halo; the 1895 lithograph carries a sperm-and-foetus border; one version was stolen in 2004 and recovered in 2006.
Madonna albums discography
Madonna albums discography: studio, soundtrack, live, and compilation albums by Madonna, from Madonna (1983) through Madame X (2019) and Confessions II (2026), with sales, certifications, and chart context.
Madonna del Parto
Madonna del Parto (Madonna of Childbirth), Piero della Francesca fresco of the pregnant Virgin with two angels, c. 1450–1465, 200x200 cm, painted for Santa Maria a Momentana at Monterchi, Tuscany, now in the town's civic museum after a long relocation dispute.
Madonna filmography
Madonna filmography: screen work of Madonna Louise Ciccone, actress, director, and producer. Spans A Certain Sacrifice (1979/1985), Desperately Seeking Susan, Truth or Dare, Evita, Swept Away, directing W.E., and the 2026 Confessions II film.
Madonna of Bruges
The Madonna of Bruges is a marble Virgin and Child by Michelangelo, carved around 1503 to 1505 and displayed in the Church of Our Lady in Bruges, Belgium.
Madonna Sebastian (മഡോണ സെബാസ്റ്റ്യൻ)
Madonna Sebastian (മഡോണ സെബാസ്റ്റ്യൻ), born 1992, is an Indian actress and singer in Malayalam and Tamil cinema, known for her debut role as Celine in Premam (2015) and films like Kadhalum Kadanthu Pogum, King Liar, and Leo.
Madonna singles discography
Madonna singles discography: the catalog of singles by Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone), from "Everybody" (1982) through "Hung Up", "Vogue", and the 2026 Confessions II era, holding 13 UK Number 1 singles and 65 UK Top 10 hits.
Madonna–whore complex
The Madonna–whore complex, coined by Freud (1905, 1912), splits women into pure Madonnas and promiscuous whores; studied today as the Madonna–whore dichotomy, a measurable belief linked to patriarchy endorsement, lower relationship satisfaction, and devaluation of women's sexual pleasure.
Madonnina
Madonnina, Italian for "little Madonna": the gilded statue at 108 meters atop Milan's Duomo, and the name of the Madonnina dei Centauri motorcycle rally, Modena's Polisportiva Madonnina, and the Premio Madonnina horse race.
Madra kingdom
The Madra kingdom was an ancient kingdom in central Punjab between the Ravi and Chenab rivers, first attested in Later Vedic literature and known from the Mahabharata.
Madra republic
The Madra republic (मद्र गण) was an ancient polity of the Punjab around modern Sialkot, ruled in the Mahabharata by King Shalya and attested from Vedic times.
Madras
Madras, or Madras International Circuit (MIC), formerly Madras Motor Race Track (MMRT), is India's first permanent racing circuit, opened 1990 at Irungattukottai near Chennai; 3.717 km, 12 turns, FIA Grade 2, owned by Madras Motor Sports Club.
Madras (cloth)
Madras cloth: lightweight yarn-dyed plain-weave checked cotton hand woven in South India, named for Madras (Chennai). Known for bleeding vegetable dyes, Atlantic slave-trade currency, Caribbean national dress, and American preppy shirting.
Madras (film)
Madras (மெட்ராஸ்) is a 2014 Tamil action drama directed by Pa. Ranjith, starring Karthi and Catherine Tresa, set in Vyasarpadi, North Chennai, centered on a contested political wall and Dalit life.
Madras Army
The Madras Army was the East India Company's army of Madras Presidency, one of three presidency armies of British India, founded by Major Stringer Lawrence in 1748.
Madras Bashai (மெட்ராஸ் பாஷை)
Madras Bashai (மெட்ராஸ் பாஷை), or Chennai Tamil, is the colloquial urban Tamil dialect of Chennai, a koiné borrowing heavily from Telugu, Urdu, Hindi, and English, associated with the city's working class and popularized by Tamil cinema.
Madras Cafe
Madras Cafe is a 2013 Hindi political spy thriller directed by Shoojit Sircar, starring John Abraham as RAW agent Vikram Singh during the Sri Lankan civil war, ending in a Rajiv Gandhi-like assassination.
Madras High Court
Madras High Court, High Court of Judicature at Madras, the highest court in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. One of three 1862 presidency High Courts; principal seat Chennai, permanent Madurai Bench since 2004; writ, original, and appellate jurisdiction.
Madras Matinee
Madras Matinee (மெட்ராஸ் மேட்னி) is a 2025 Tamil family drama, the directorial debut of Karthikeyan Mani, starring Kaali Venkat as auto driver Kannan and Sathyaraj as sci-fi writer Jyoti Ramaya; released 6 June 2025, streaming on Sun NXT from 4 July 2025.
Madras motor neuron disease
Madras motor neuron disease (MMND) is a rare motor neuron disorder first described in 1970 in Chennai, India, with young onset, distal limb wasting, lower cranial nerve palsies, pyramidal signs, and sensorineural deafness; a variant adds optic atrophy.
Madras Presidency
Madras Presidency (Fort St George), a British Indian province covering the entire south of the Indian peninsula, from the 1639 Madras founding through ryotwari rule, famines, and irrigation works to Madras State and Tamil Nadu.
Madras State
Madras State, an Indian state from 1950 to 1969 formed from Madras Presidency, lost Andhra in 1953, was redrawn by the States Reorganisation Act 1956, and became Tamil Nadu on 14 January 1969.
Madrasa (مدرسة)
Madrasa (مدرسة), Arabic for school, is an Islamic educational institution: historically a waqf-endowed college for Islamic law and religious sciences, from 10th-century origins to modern regulated schools.
Madrasa of Firoz Shah at Hauz Khas
The Madrasa of Firoz Shah at Hauz Khas (مدرسہ فیروز شاہ حوض خاص) was a Delhi college of Islamic learning built by Sultan Firoz Shah Tughlaq in 1352.
Madrasa of Mahmud Gawan
The Madrasa of Mahmud Gawan (مدرسہ محمود گاواں) is a college built at Bidar in 1472 by Khwaja Mahmud Gawan, with a library of 3,000 manuscripts, later used as a barracks by Aurangzeb.
Madrasa of Sultan Hasan
The Madrasa of Sultan Hasan (مدرسة السلطان حسن) is a Mamluk-era mosque-madrasa-mausoleum complex in Cairo, commissioned by Sultan Hasan and built from 1356 to 1363.
Madrasapattinam
Madrasapattinam (மதராசபட்டினம்), also Madharasapattinam, is a 2010 Tamil period romance directed by A. L. Vijay, starring Arya and Amy Jackson, set in 1945–1947 Madras, music by G. V. Prakash Kumar.
Madraskaaran
Madraskaaran (மெட்ராஸ்காரன்), 2025 Tamil action thriller by Vaali Mohan Das, starring Shane Nigam in his Tamil debut with Kalaiyarasan; released 10 January 2025, streamed on Aha Tamil from 7 February 2025.
Madrasso
Madrasso (Mandrasso, Magrasso) is Venice's most popular four-player partnership trick-taking card game, a 40-card ace-ten hybrid of Briscola and Tressette with follow-suit rules, a 777-point target over ten deals, and the cappotto slam.