THE AMAZON IN ROSSO FIORENTINO'S UFFIZI "MOSES"

THE AMAZON IN ROSSO FIORENTINO'S UFFIZI "MOSES"

Discusses Rosso Fiorentino's painting "The Youth of Moses" (1523), held in the Uffizi, and particularly the artist's depiction of Moses' future wife, Zipporah, with bared breast. Connects her naked breast and the knot of drapery around her groin with the figure of the Amazon...

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Veröffentlicht in:Source (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2008-10, Vol.28 (1), p.25-29
1. Verfasser: Olszewski, Edward J.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Art history
Courage
Draperies
Humanism
Renaissance art
Semiotic signs
Sheep herding
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Zusammenfassung:Discusses Rosso Fiorentino's painting "The Youth of Moses" (1523), held in the Uffizi, and particularly the artist's depiction of Moses' future wife, Zipporah, with bared breast. Connects her naked breast and the knot of drapery around her groin with the figure of the Amazon, who enjoyed a symbolic association with courage and virtue during the Renaissance. Zipporah's breast conveys an additional proleptic reference in the promise of fertility in Moses' bride-to-be. (Quotes from original text)
ISSN:0737-4453
2328-207X
DOI:10.1086/sou.28.1.23207971