Domenico di Tommaso di Currado di Doffo Bigordi, an Italian Renaissance painter from Florence and student of Michelangelo, painted a portrait called Portrait of Giovanna Tornabuoni. ... The king's experience in that moment offers a glimpse into the peculiar modality of art, in which ethical reflection is suspended. (261) Similarly, the painting Portrait of Giovanna Tornabouni, painted by Italian artist Domenico Ghirlandaio can be compared to Leontes coming "face to face " with the ethical decision of whether or not to disown Perdita and accuse her mother of adultery. ...

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