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. ... While most women would be groveling or cursing this man for abandoning his loyalty to his wife, she most clearly states her concerns with eloquence; staying calm and collective, she addresses him with lady-like etiquette. ... 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 Giovann...

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