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Women portraitsThe female portrait is one of the most favourite genres, in works of all portrait painters. Even short digression to history of portrait painting will help to understand what important place in art takes the woman's portrait. The magic power of perception of the female image is inexplicable for the viewer.
Since primitive times ancient artists sang female images. The truth criteria of female appeal were various at all times, but feminity always was on the first place! Female portraits of Renaissance bewitch, women extolled till an image of goddesses.
Ugly women don't happen... the true artist will see attractive lines in any person, will emphasize advantages, will clean shortcomings. The main objective at creation of a portrait, it to create a unique image of the woman. To reflect character of the person which the artist painting a portrait according to the photo never in life faced, a task, which in power only to the artist belonging with love and respect for the models, able to read character of the person on a look, the movement of lips knowing fundamentals of physiognomics. Very difficult task to represent the woman as she would like herself to see, in power to only very talented portraitist who besides has to be also the excellent psychologist.
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Lady in Pink :: Edouard Cabane
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Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805–1873)
Queen Victoria and her cousin, the Duchess of Nemours, 1852
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ab. 1730-1731, Charles Jervas,
Lady Elizabeth and Lady Henrietta Finch
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1759, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, ‘Silence!’
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A woman's portrait always clearly shows the features of the era and society, it demonstrates fashion and mores. And the author's strokes, personal vision and style give to portrait an additional depth, fills it with a certain meaning and shows the heroine from an unusual point of view.
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Mona Lisa is the most famous portrait of a woman, in my opinion
Picture size 77 x 53 cm, wood, oil. Around 1503, Leonardo began working on a portrait of the Mona Lisa, the wife of the wealthy Florentine Francesco Giocondo. This work is known to the common public under the name "Gioconda".
For the first time, the portrait image in its significance became on a par with the most vivid images of other pictorial genres. The Mona Lisa is shown sitting in a chair against the background of a [Expand]
"Mona Lisa" is distinguished by a stunning elaboration of details — the woman's hair and dress are made with special care, we can make out the parting and individual strands, see the folds and patterned embroidery that adorn the clothes. But no less interesting is the background, which the viewer does not pay attention to immediately. It shows a landscape — a desert area, snow-capped mountains, lakes and winding streams of water.
They say that if you point the magnifying glass at the eyes of a woman in a picture, you can see small numbers and letters. They are called the "da Vinci code". However, I couldn't see them in the photo.
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