Titolo Come interpretare i gesti della Vergine Maria nelle scene dell'Annunciazione Periodico Ricerche di storia dell'arte Anno: 2022 - Volume: 137 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 69 - Pagina finale: 83
Too oÂ?en the interpretation of pictorial and sculptured representations of )e Annunciation has been erroneous owing to an insu)cient knowledge of the meaning of the various gestures with which the Virgin Mary is described. In order to remedy this fact, the article analyses the Annunciation scenes chronologically as they follow each other during the meeting between the Archangel Gabriel and the Virgin, and seen in the light of the latter’s gesticulations.