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DETAIL OF THE STORIES OF JESUS CHRIST – MOSAIC DATING TO THE XIII CENTURY – BAPTISTERY, FLORENCE

The brilliant whiteness of the veil, which chastely frames the faces of married women, and which even Dante spoke of, emphasizes the grave, almost dream-like expression which is characteristic of feminine physiognomies at the time; and it corresponds with the ideal angelic woman of the “stil novo” poets.