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Description: | Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) is best known for his revolutionary book The Lives of the Most Eminent Architects, Painters and Sculptors. Vasari was also a successful court painter, and worked in a style derived from his hero Michelangelo. The twisting bodies present here are typical of Vasari's attempts to render the body in terms of ideal beauty rather than reality. This type of painting played on complex symbolism and erudite knowledge: the figure on the left, for example, could either be Elizabeth, the mother of St John, or St Anne, who is often shown teaching her daughter Mary to read. | Subjects: | Mary Christ) Joseph Elizabeth or Anne John the Baptist figure; religion (Holy Family | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Vasari, Giorgio (Italian painter, architect, and writer, 1511-1574) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8854... | Go to resource |
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