In the blog of the British Library there is an interesting article about medieval nudes. The examples are all from the late Middle Ages. It is about the ideal of beauty and the image of women.
The "corpulent" nymphs in the VMS do indeed correspond to the contemporary ideal of beauty.( even if they were sometimes drawn a bit clumsily ). An aspect that might be relevant for the interpretation.
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The "corpulent" nymphs in the VMS do indeed correspond to the contemporary ideal of beauty.( even if they were sometimes drawn a bit clumsily ). An aspect that might be relevant for the interpretation.
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