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Description: | The painting is one of a series of eight depicting the signs of the zodiac. Here the figure of Gemini is shown in contrapposto turning to face the viewer, while gesturing at two gold figures which represent the zodiacal sign. The poetic quality of the landscape reflects the influence of Venetian artists including Giorgione and Titian. The figure's classicising costume and the plinth create a sense of the ancient Roman and Greek civilisation that inspired Renaissance culture. Astrology was a key part of sixteenth-century culture and it was believed that the planets influenced the course of life. | Subjects: | figure; landscape; allegory (Gemini) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Pitati, Bonifazio de` (Italian painter, 1487-1553) Æ School of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8848... | Go to resource |
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