Showing posts with label Portraiture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Portraiture. Show all posts

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Frida

Marxism Will Give Health to the Sick - Frida Kahlo. Oil on panel. 1954// Vogue Australia March 2011


The vibrant and warm colors featured in both of these works was the first element that led to the comparison of these two images. Both works are clustered with a lot of noise in the background, leading to a less focused view on the main subject. However, both works also manage to construct a feminine individuality within the model. Both are passionate, exotic, sharp and succeed in exercising the eye by sending it all throughout the work.




OR MAYBE THIS ONE MAKES MORE SENSE.. from the same Vogue spread as the other, I couldn't decide between the two:

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

King Henry



Hyoni Kang for Reborn Process Spring/Summer 2010 collection v. Hans Holbeoin, Portrait of Henry VIII, 1540



I love the literal incorporation of Henry on to a ladies sweater. How do you think the controlling womanizer would have felt about being a part of high-fashion? Some more royal portraiture: http://iheartpablo.blogspot.com/2010/04/sorry-tilda.html