PONTORMO, Jacopo: Madonna and Child with Saints
Elongated figures in jewel-toned robes float weightlessly across the canvas, their graceful poses and spiritual intensity rendered through Pontormo's distinctive elongation and luminous color. This Mannerist masterpiece abandons Renaissance balance, pioneering the emotional expressionism that would define sixteenth-century Florentine art.
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