Comments on: Women in Art

By: brd

brd — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:26:27 +0000

I so want to learn how to create these. Does anyone know how?

By: DolorDecorus

DolorDecorus — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:16:35 +0000

It’s Henri Matisse’s Woman With a Hat. I had to look it up myself ^^;

By: orlando

orlando — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:26:09 +0000

DolorDecorus (and others), you might be interested to know that the subject of the Caravaggio painting for which you provided a link, Judith slaying Holfernes, was painted many times by a wonderful woman artist of the Renaissance called Artemisia Gentileschi. See here:
http://www.artemisia-gentileschi.com/judith1.html

Looking through the paintings on this excellent website makes me think that there is material for an entire montage just of the female faces Gentileschi painted throughout her life. The expressions are so individuated, intelligent and active.

By: inkybrain

inkybrain — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 04:00:35 +0000

I don't know for sure, but I'd guess Andre Derain, or maybe Henri Matisse. Crap, now that's going to bother me too! I have even less of an idea who the subject is, sadly.

By: Manda

Manda — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:37:04 +0000

Does anyone know the painter of the woman seen at :42/:41? She’s one of the ones I just can’t place and it’s driving me crazy!

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:36:07 +0000

At least one of Frida Kahlo’s self portraits would have been a worthy addition to this video. And we know that the Guerilla girls like themselves some Frida. Didn’t one of them even take on that alias? :)

By: DolorDecorus

DolorDecorus — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:48:06 +0000

*sighs* I hate it when links don’t work…

Here is the first image I talked about: http://dolordecorus.net/caravaggio22.jpg

Here is the second:
http://dolordecorus.net/manet_olympia.jpg

By: DolorDecorus

DolorDecorus — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:41:54 +0000

http://www.artbible.info/art/large/11.html: The clip could’ve included this. Here is Judith, a woman with an intense look of calm resolve and concetration (not demure or flirting with the viewer), commiting a vicious act for the good of her people.

http://www.penwith.co.uk/artofeurope/manet_olympia.jpg: Or this one. Though the woman is naked, her gaze is not demure nor flirtacious. She is in fact looking down at the audience, proud and comfortable in her position of power. Her cat also doesn’t seem like the audience very much. It’s interesting to note that Manet was harshly criticsized for this.

On another note I love the two artworks of Mucha the clip employed.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:46:37 +0000

htotheb: Ah, cool. My art history-fu, it is not so good.

By: htotheb

htotheb — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:12:29 +0000

Vanessa (and whoever else is interested):

There’s at least one self-portrait in there. One by Elizabeth Louise Vigee-Lebrun (1:53 on the counter / 59 seconds in).
I think the one at 2:22 (30 seconds in) might be another one, but I don’t know who she is.