Editing Ray of Light (section)

== Title and artwork ==
According to spokesperson Liz Rosenberg, Madonna considered titling the album ''Mantra'', which she thought was a "really cool title", and she also considered calling it ''Veronica Electronica'';<ref>{{Citation|title=Madonna – Canadian interview with Sook-Yin Lee (2000)| date=July 25, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VWlGrPSjRM|language=en|access-date=2019-12-18|archive-date=January 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123070435/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VWlGrPSjRM|url-status=live}}</ref> however, she discarded both of those ideas and called it ''Ray of Light'', as her studio albums up to that point were always titled after one of the songs from each album's tracklist.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Newsbytes|year=1997|issue=2|volume=7|page=15|magazine=Icon}}</ref> The artwork was taken from a November 28, 1997, photoshoot with Peruvian photographer [[Mario Testino]]. In terms of styling, Madonna and stylist [[Lori Goldstein]] opted for textures evocative of the elements [[water]] and [[air]], which are recurrent themes on the album. For the album cover, Madonna wears a turquoise [[Dolce & Gabbana]] Spring/Summer 1998 vinyl [[raincoat]].  Other pictures from the same shoot serve as the artworks for the "[[Ray of Light (song)|Ray of Light]]" and "[[Frozen (Madonna song)|Frozen]]" singles, where Madonna models items from [[Prada]]'s Spring/Summer 1998 collection.<ref>{{cite web|title="Ray of Light" Album Photo Shoot by Mario Testino|date=May 12, 2020 |url=https://madonnaoutfits.wordpress.com/2020/05/12/ray-of-light-album/|access-date=June 4, 2022|archive-date=September 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906002029/https://madonnaoutfits.wordpress.com/2020/05/12/ray-of-light-album/|url-status=live}}</ref> Madonna and Testino had previously collaborated for a [[Versace]] brand collection two years earlier. Madonna was impressed with the natural look Testino had captured, so she booked him again for the album's photoshoot. He recalled, "At 2pm she said, 'OK, I'm tired. We're done'. And I said, 'But I don't have the pictures yet'. She said, 'You're working for me and I say we're done'. I said, 'No, we carry on'. The picture she used on the cover came after that".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Farndale|first1=Nigel|title=Mario Testino: 'it's not all glamour'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/photography/4733443/Mario-Testino-its-not-all-glamour.html|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=February 24, 2009 |access-date=November 16, 2014|archive-date=December 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206092033/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/photography/4733443/Mario-Testino-its-not-all-glamour.html|url-status=live}}</ref>