08-07-2019, 10:40 PM
We are looking at the evolving tastes of the higher classes though, the VM Zodiac figures are all dressed like nobility. But you are right, textual sources could be of interest there as well, if a text exists that describes the attire they actually wore during fancy hunting parties for example.
I still believe though that in the case of these Zodiac emblems it is entirely justified to compare artistic practices without reference to real life. I assume that when the VM illustrator drew Virgo he copied or adapted from another work of art, rather than painting a portrait of his sister in her Sunday dress.
I still believe though that in the case of these Zodiac emblems it is entirely justified to compare artistic practices without reference to real life. I assume that when the VM illustrator drew Virgo he copied or adapted from another work of art, rather than painting a portrait of his sister in her Sunday dress.