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Madonna's Neck
Parmigianino's, The Madonna with the long neck, was commissioned for a family chapel. Compared to Raphael, Parmagianino has a different ideal of beauty, “which he establishes with with the large amphora offered by the figure at the left. In his painting, the perfect oval of Mary's head rests on a swanlike neck, while her body swells only to taper her feet, which mimics the shape of the amphora”, according to Janson. In his painting the figures and bodies are not even or proporional, the composition is unbalanced and the figures are heavily balanced to the left. “The Madonna with the long neck, with its cold and memorable elegance, offers a vision of unearthly perfection”, according to Janson. The Madonna's head is tiny in comparison to her
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