Why did Parmigianino elongate the Virgin's neck in his elegant painting Madonna with the Long Neck?

A) ?It was a sign of beauty in the Renaissance.
B) ?Medieval hymns compared Mary to an ivory tower or column.
C) ?To balance the two sides of the painting.
D) ?It connected her to Christ's suffering.

B

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