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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Parmigianino, Autoritratto, 1524

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Parmigianino chooses to view his hypersensitive features reflected in the distorting surface of a convex mirror (in a fashion typical of the sophistication of mannerist art, Parmigianino paints his reflected appearance, rathern than his reality).

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