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Chapter 5 - The Mirrors of Venus

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Genevieve Warwick
Genevieve Warwick
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University of Edinburgh
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This chapter studies the painted representation of mirror reflections and the female nude in High Renaissance art, from Giorgione’s bella donna at her toilet to the Rokeby Venus. Situating this imagery within the cultural contexts of betrothal and marriage, it highlights the allegorical relationship between the female nude and the mirror reflection as the conjoined pictorial emblems of Renaissance art’s beauty.

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belle donne paintingVelazquez’ Rokeby VenusTitianvanitas imageryDutch genre paintingRenaissance court jewelleryVermeer
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The Mirror of Art
Painting and Reflection in Early Modern Visual Culture
 , pp. 269 - 354
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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