by N. Michelle Tully
oil on wood, 12″ x 12″
“An undulating form, one that resembles a flame, animates the contours and lends them nobility, elegance and truth. This is what is called the sense of contour, and to attain it Correggio cannot be too much imitated…”
– Antoine Coypel, Discourse on the Aesthetics of the Painter (1720)
