500 years of women in portraiture
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500 years of women in portraiture
Mornings wouldn't suck so badly if they came later in the day.
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Absolutely beautiful, and for some reason it made me tear up.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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What got to me (I think) was the occasional really expressive ones, the ones with a look that said there was more to them than met the eye. You think about all the centuries when that was how even beautiful and aristocratic women said what they really thought: through their eyes. At least around men.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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I almost said "they're our moms," except my moms were Scandinavian farm wives, and nobody ever painted them, even if they could have afforded to sit still that long.
But I do wonder what some of those privileged and possibly quite accomplished women would make of their opportunities today.
But I do wonder what some of those privileged and possibly quite accomplished women would make of their opportunities today.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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4/4/2009 - In Silence at Her PortraitSiberian wrote:But they're still young
I definitely remember seeing some portraits middle-aged and older ladies in the European galleries.
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The first half was definitely the Western European standard for beauty (young, healthy, well-proportioned, pale skin, no acne), but if you stop to look at some of the individuals, you can see that fashions change (plucked eyebrows, plucked eyelashes (!), rouged cheeks, hairstyle, tendency to smile, and of course, clothing). Those individuals if looked at alone might not fit today's idea of "beautiful", but together they do flow as the many moods of one woman.
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. ~ Albert Camus