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Émile Vernon (detail)

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Dresses in art: velvet, satin and silk

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Fabrics and lace in paintings by Sophie Ploeg (details)

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Paul Thumann (detail)

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Details from Garofalo’s Annunciation (1481)

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Symbols in Renaissance Art

Lilies: Found almost exclusively in annunciation scenes, the lily symbolizes Mary’s purity. In some accounts the golden anthers in the center of the flower represent the “radiance of her soul”.