Giovanni Cariani (1485-1547) Portrait of Two Young Men
Oil on canvas Museu du Louvre, Paris
[ Portrait of two beautiful young men in rich clothes. The landscape on a background is interesting. It reminds us Leonardo da Vinci's pictures. At the left - road leaving afar, right - mountain. ]
The picture is interesting directly as an example of a portrait of this era. The author portrayed two characters at once, they are equally present in the composition, and the artist makes them different with the help of some details. The most important is the angle of rotation of the head. The artist seemed to exercise, drawing the young men in similar, but different poses. They look in different directions, one looks straight ahead, and the second, whose head is directed almost to the side, looks [Expand]
at the viewer. The characters have different facial features, they are quite dissimilar, but this is noticeable upon detailed examination. At the first moment they seem almost twins thanks to the same headgear, haircuts and similar clothing. That is why it is an interesting canvas, the longer the viewer looks at it, the more differences it finds in the two heroes of this unusual portrait.
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Ann User Rating: 160 November 17, 2019
These two people look the same and different at the same time! their reaction to posing is different. One is embarrassed to stand in front of the artist, the second has taken the proper form
The picture is interesting directly as an example of a portrait of this era. The author portrayed two characters at once, they are equally present in the composition, and the artist makes them different with the help of some details. The most important is the angle of rotation of the head. The artist seemed to exercise, drawing the young men in similar, but different poses. They look in different directions, one looks straight ahead, and the second, whose head is directed almost to the side, looks [Expand]
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These two people look the same and different at the same time! their reaction to posing is different. One is embarrassed to stand in front of the artist, the second has taken the proper form
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