ROSSO FIORENTINO
(b. 1494, Firenze, d. 1540, Paris)

Assumption of the Virgin (detail)

1514
Fresco
Santissima Annunziata, Florence

Individual apostles in Rosso's fresco are attenuated and in motion. The draperies are massive and consist of a few billowing folds, such that the apostles appear to be composed mostly of drapery, which contributes to the expressive potential of the poses. Many heads are highly agitated as they crane upwards to follow the Virgin's ascent.