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.

to feast or not to feast ?

Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper 1495–1498





Simpson Last Supper Parody

 

Leonardo was a painter from the Renaissance art period and he painted The Last Supper to depict the moment after Christ told his disciples that one of them would betray him before sunrise. His painting of this used one point perspective where all the lines in the photo leads to Christ. This parody from the Simpsons is depicting similar traits where as the people who are depicted all show different emotion based on how they took the news that they were given which is what they disciples in The Last Supper are depicting as well. Aside from this parody of The Last Supper there have been a ton of other recreations made in the 21st century alone.







Mondrian 1927 vs. Mondrian 1969



Piet Mondrian, Composition II with Yellow, Red and Blue 1927




YSL, Mondrian Day Dress 1969

 

Piet Mondrian was a pure abstract artist which means his work had no representation of any real world thing. However, sometimes the colors depicted in pure abstraction art can represent feelings or emotions that were felt by the artist. Pure abstraction art was primarily made up of shapes like squares and rectangles.The first image shown is Mondrian's Composition II with Yellow, Red and Blue which is composed of primary colors and black and white which is the most basic color pallet anyone could have. The second image is of a dress from Yves Saint Laurent's first collection. This dress is called the Mondrian Day Dress which is based off of the first piece of art that was shown. This dress is very geometrical and it has the same color pallete like Mondrian's pieces of art.  

Pop Art 1960s vs. Present




Roy Lichtenstein, M-Maybe 1965

  


Lady Gaga, Artpop 2013

 


Pop art was a big movement in the 1960's art movement where artists like Andy Worhol and Roy Lichtenstein took popular images and/or sterotypes and turned them into fine art. The first image shown is Lichenstein's M-Maybe piece which depicts a vulnerable woman in the 60's who is awaiting a man like most of his art does. The other photo is Lady Gaga's album cover from her newest album, Artpop. The title of her album directly relates to this art movement from the 60's. Gaga also uses fine art images in the background of her album to give her listeners a feel for the theme of her album. Her use of colors on the album also gives this "pop art" feel because the pinks and blues pop out to the viewer.