Where's My Pearl Earring ?



Johannes Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring c. 1665




Girl with a Pearl Earring 2003

The first image shown is Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, which is a focal painting that draws the viewer to the pearl earring that is dangling from the girl's ear. This painting is from the 17th century Northern Barroque time period. Some characteristics that identify with this time period are the darker shades of color and the single beam of light that is giving a juxtaposition of color in the painting. In 2003 the movie, Girl with a Pearl Earring was created and this is not directly influenced by the painting but it is however influenced by the novel which has the same name and is influenced by the painting. The movie takes place in the same time period and country as where the painting was originally created.  

Double Portrait of a Savage Beauty



Jan Van Eyck, Double Portraid of a Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife 1434





Alexander Mc Queen's Savage Beauty Collection 2011



Jan Van Eyck paints the Double Portrait of a Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife in an era where natural lighting and gem colors were extremely popular in paintings. This painting is a part of the 15/ 16 century Northern Renaissance art. The Double Portrait painting influenced designers like Alexander Mc Queen in collections like the famous Savage Beauty in 2011. Mc Queen uses draped clothing and empire waist dresses like Van Eyck pictures in this particular painting. Another way Mc Queen was influenced by Van Eyck and other artists from the era was through color. These artists liked to use gem and neutral tones and those are the colors that Alexander Mc Queen chose to use in this particular collection.

Nefertiti Meets Dior





Sculpture of Nefertiti

 

 

 



 

Christian Dior Fall 2004 Collection

The top image of Egypt's Queen Nefertiti is carved out of limestone and has a very regal feel to it. Almost a decade ago Christian Dior created a collection based soley on the art of Egypt. In this collection he used alot of golds and royal colors to depict what made the royalty of Egypt high and mighty. This garment that is shown in the second image is a rendering of Nefertiti in a sense that they have similar head pieces.  



Japanese Art Takes it to the Runway

Katsushika Hokusai, Canary and Peony 1834



Hokusai's Fashion Inspiration 2013

 

 

Hokusai's Canary and Peony depicts nature in its natural environment. He uses similar techniques like other Japanese artists which includes cropping and compressed perspective. The fashion inspiration that was directly influenced by this Japanese painting includes a pair of cropped ankle pants and a cropped sweater which is ironic because the image contains cropped portions. The fashion inspiration also includes a flying bird which is also incorporated in Hokusai's painting.



Willendorf Embraces Full Figures



Woman of Willendorf 24000 and 22000 B.C

 





Tara Lynn, Plus sized model



The Woman of Willendorf is a prehistoric figure who represents fertility. This figure embraces the body of a woman and it embraces the full figured body type. Decades ago full figured women were not accepted in society, but as the years go on it is slowly becoming more acceptable for women to be full figured because everyone is beautiful no matter what shape or size. The second image shown is of a plus size model and as I previously mentioned they were not accepted in this country decades ago because of the "heroin chic" culture of super slim models however now full figured models and people in general are making a come back to be accepted. 

Hey Mona Lisa !



Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa 1503–1517









Mona Lisa Leggings

 

Leonardo da Vinci painted a half-length portrait of a woman which is the most well known piece of art in history called Mona Lisa. This piece of art is from the Classical Realism movement which means it was when art was beginning to pick up realistic traits and this image is one of the first to employ atmospheric perspective. The next image shown is how the Mona Lisa used in the 21st century. They use Mona Lisa on a pair of leggings which shows "Lisa's" face twice. In the present Mona Lisa is so iconic that artists like Kanye West use her name in his songs. In Kanye West's song Flashing Lights he says,

"In my past, you on the other side of the glass of my memory's museum. I'm just saying, hey Mona Lisa come home you know you can't roam without Caesar"

Birth of Gaga



Gaga Shell Bra (left) Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus c.1455



Sandro Botticelli's Birth of Venus depicts the goddess of love, born out of a seashell, as a fully mature woman. She is shown as being very promiscous and is representing a sex symbol of some sort. In this day and age we can compare her to the modern Lady Gaga in her new music video, Applause. She is dipicting different works of art throughout her new album, Art Pop. Gaga is seen as a sex symbol in this image like Venus. Lady Gaga is an music artist who is constantly referring to art as an influence to her music.