Morgan BellWomen In Art (video)
February 5th 2009 17:37
This is a fascinating video comparing the depiction of women in art over the ages. Female faces morph through classical, romantic, impressionist, expressionist, and even cubist eras of painting.
You are bound to recognise at least a few of these familiar faces!
women in art
Video created by Philip Scott Johnson
500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art
Music: Bach's Sarabande from Cello Suite No 1 in G Major performed by Yoyo Ma.
Artworks by time they appear in the video:
[0:00] Archangel (Angel of the Golden Locks) Russian 12th c.
[0:01] La Scapigliata (The Lady of the Dishevelled Hair). Leonardo da Vinci, 1508
[0:03] The Madonna of the Carnation, Leonardo da Vinci, 1478-80
[0:05] Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci, 1503-05
[0:07] Lady with a Unicorn, Raphael, c.1505
[0:09] The Birth of Venus Sandro, Botticelli, 1485
[0:11] Portrait of a Young Woman, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio),1536
[0:13] Portrait of a Lady as St Lucy, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, 1500
[0:14] Sacred Conversation, Giovanni Bellini, 1490
[0:16] Profane Love (Vanity), Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), 1514-1515
[0:18] Judith with the Head of Holofernes, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), c.1515
[0:20] Mary Magdalene, Pietro Perugino, 1500
[0:22] Portrait of Ginevra de’ Benci, Leonardo da Vinci, 1476
[0:24] Lady with an Ermine (Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani), Leonardo da Vinci, 1483 - 1490
[0:26] Virgin Annunciate (Maria der Verkündigung), Antonello da Messina, 1476
[0:28] La Donna Velata (Woman with a Veil), Raphael, c.1514
[0:30] Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman (Red-haired Woman from Venice), Albrecht Dürer, 1505
[0:32] Portrait of a Woman, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1526
[0:34] Porträt der Maria Maddalena Portinari Hans Memling, 1470
[0:35] Lais of Corinth, Hans Holbein the Younger, 1526
[0:37] Portrait of Elsbeth Tucher, Albrecht Dürer, 1499
[0:39] Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1775-76
[0:41] Jane, Countess of Harrington, Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1778
[0:43] Mrs. John Hale, Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1762-64
[0:44] Mrs. Abington, Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1764-1773
[0:46] Charlotte-Aglaé d'Orléans (Duchesse de Modène), Pierre Gobert, 1744
[0:48] Portrait of Suzanna Huygens, Caspar Netscher, 1667-69
[0:50] The Marquise de Seignelay and Two of her Children, Pierre Mignard, 1691
[0:52] Madame Victoire de France Jean-Marc Nattier, 1748
[0:54] Portrait of an Unknown Woman in a Blue Dress with Yellow Trimmings, Fyodor Rokotov, 1760s
[0:56] Le Chapeau de Paille (The Straw Hat), Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1626
[0:58] Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat, Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun, 1782
[1:00] Portrait of Lady-in-Waiting to the Infanta Isabella, Peter Paul Rubens, Mid-1620s
[1:01] Lady with a Flower in her Hair, El Greco, c1590-1600
[1:03] Madame Barbe de Rimsky-Korsakov, Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1864
[1:05] Young Housewife, Alexei Vasilievich Tyranov, 1840s
[1:07] Portrait of M. I. Lopukhina, Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky, 1797
[1:09] Portrait of V. S. Putyatina, Alexey Gavrilovich Venetsianov, 1815-1816
[1:11] Madame Pasteur, Antoine-Jean Gros, 1795-96
[1:13] Amalie von Schintling, Joseph Karl Stieler, 1831
[1:15] Portrait of M. A. Kikina, Orest Adamovich Kiprensky, 1816
[1:17] Woman with a Pearl, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, c1869
[1:18] The Reading, Edouard Manet, 1869
[1:20] Berthe Morisot, Edouard Manet, 1872
[1:22] Charlotte Dubourg, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1882
[1:24] Portrait of an Italian Woman, Alexei Vasilievich Tyranov, 1851
[1:26] Princess Albert de Broglie, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1851-53
[1:28] An Elegant Beauty William Clark Wontner
[1:30] Souvenir, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1895
[1:31] La Belle Liseuse (The Beautiful Reader), Lêon François Comerre
[1:33] Modesti, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1902
[1:35] Pavonia, Lord Frederick Leighton, 1858-59
[1:37] A Portrait of a Young Lady, Eugene de Blaas
[1:39] Musette, Eugene de Blaas, 1900
[1:41] An Arab Beauty, Lêon François Comerre
[1:43] Girl Braiding Her Hair (Suzanne Valadon), Pierre Auguste Renoir, 1885
[1:45] Portrait of Madame Henriot, Pierre Auguste Renoir, 1877
[1:47] Two Sisters on the Terrace, Pierre Auguste Renoir, 1881
[1:48] Portrait of the Actress Jeanne Samary, Pierre Auguste Renoir, 1878
[1:50] La Chevelure (Young Woman Braiding her Hair), Pierre Auguste Renoir, 1876
[1:52] Blonde Nude Pierre Auguste Renoir, 1882
[1:54] La Promenade, Édouard Manet, c. 1880
[1:56] Portrait of Maggie Wilson, Frank Duveneck, 1898
[1:58] Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge, Mary Cassatt, 1879
[2:00] Ideal Head Julian Alden Weir
[2:01] Portrait of a Woman, Paul Cesar Helleu, 1909
[2:03] Ols Maria, Anders Zorn, 1918
[2:05] The Artist, Alphonse Maria Mucha, 1920
[2:07] The Matyr of the Solway, John Everett Millais 1871
[2:09] Madeleine Bernard, Paul Gauguin1888
[2:11] Woman with a Hat, Henri Matisse, 1905
[2:13] Madras Rouge, Henri Matisse, 1907
[2:15] Cocolo, Francis Picabia, 1936-38
[2:16] Ritratto di Signora di Klimt, Gustav Klimt, 1916-17
[2:18] La fleur (serigraph), Henri Matisse, 1937
[2:20] Portrait of Lydia Delectorskaya, the Artist's Secretary, Henri Matisse, 1947
[2:22] The Mask, Louis Welden Hawkins, 1905
[2:24] Les Fleurs du Mal (Flowers of Evil), Rene Magritte, 1946
[2:26] F. Champenois, Alphonse Maria Mucha, 1897
[2:28] Cycles Perfecta, Alphonse Maria Mucha, 1902
[2:30] Raphaelesque Head Exploding, Salvador Dali, 1951
[2:31] Head Bombarded with Grains of Wheat, Salvador Dali, 1954
[2:33] Apparition of a Face with a Fruit Dish on a Beach, Salvador Dali, 1938
[2:35] Woman Torso, Kazimir Malevich, 1928-1932
[2:37] American Beauty (The Movie Star), Knud Merrild, 1928
[2:39] Portrait of Lunia Czechowska, Amedeo Modigliani, 1919
[2:41] Tumblers (Mother and Son), Pablo Picasso, 1905
[2:43] Maternity, Pablo Picasso, 1905
[2:45] Nude Woman In A Red Armchair, Pablo Picasso, 1932
[2:47] Portrait of Françoise, Pablo Picasso,1946
You are bound to recognise at least a few of these familiar faces!
women in art
Video created by Philip Scott Johnson
500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art
Music: Bach's Sarabande from Cello Suite No 1 in G Major performed by Yoyo Ma.
Artworks by time they appear in the video:
[0:00] Archangel (Angel of the Golden Locks) Russian 12th c.
[0:01] La Scapigliata (The Lady of the Dishevelled Hair). Leonardo da Vinci, 1508
[0:03] The Madonna of the Carnation, Leonardo da Vinci, 1478-80
[0:05] Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci, 1503-05
[0:07] Lady with a Unicorn, Raphael, c.1505
[0:09] The Birth of Venus Sandro, Botticelli, 1485
[0:11] Portrait of a Young Woman, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio),1536
[0:13] Portrait of a Lady as St Lucy, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, 1500
[0:14] Sacred Conversation, Giovanni Bellini, 1490
[0:16] Profane Love (Vanity), Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), 1514-1515
[0:18] Judith with the Head of Holofernes, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), c.1515
[0:20] Mary Magdalene, Pietro Perugino, 1500
[0:22] Portrait of Ginevra de’ Benci, Leonardo da Vinci, 1476
[0:24] Lady with an Ermine (Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani), Leonardo da Vinci, 1483 - 1490
[0:26] Virgin Annunciate (Maria der Verkündigung), Antonello da Messina, 1476
[0:28] La Donna Velata (Woman with a Veil), Raphael, c.1514
[0:30] Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman (Red-haired Woman from Venice), Albrecht Dürer, 1505
[0:32] Portrait of a Woman, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1526
[0:34] Porträt der Maria Maddalena Portinari Hans Memling, 1470
[0:35] Lais of Corinth, Hans Holbein the Younger, 1526
[0:37] Portrait of Elsbeth Tucher, Albrecht Dürer, 1499
[0:39] Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1775-76
[0:41] Jane, Countess of Harrington, Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1778
[0:43] Mrs. John Hale, Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1762-64
[0:44] Mrs. Abington, Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1764-1773
[0:46] Charlotte-Aglaé d'Orléans (Duchesse de Modène), Pierre Gobert, 1744
[0:48] Portrait of Suzanna Huygens, Caspar Netscher, 1667-69
[0:50] The Marquise de Seignelay and Two of her Children, Pierre Mignard, 1691
[0:52] Madame Victoire de France Jean-Marc Nattier, 1748
[0:54] Portrait of an Unknown Woman in a Blue Dress with Yellow Trimmings, Fyodor Rokotov, 1760s
[0:56] Le Chapeau de Paille (The Straw Hat), Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1626
[0:58] Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat, Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun, 1782
[1:00] Portrait of Lady-in-Waiting to the Infanta Isabella, Peter Paul Rubens, Mid-1620s
[1:01] Lady with a Flower in her Hair, El Greco, c1590-1600
[1:03] Madame Barbe de Rimsky-Korsakov, Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1864
[1:05] Young Housewife, Alexei Vasilievich Tyranov, 1840s
[1:07] Portrait of M. I. Lopukhina, Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky, 1797
[1:09] Portrait of V. S. Putyatina, Alexey Gavrilovich Venetsianov, 1815-1816
[1:11] Madame Pasteur, Antoine-Jean Gros, 1795-96
[1:13] Amalie von Schintling, Joseph Karl Stieler, 1831
[1:15] Portrait of M. A. Kikina, Orest Adamovich Kiprensky, 1816
[1:17] Woman with a Pearl, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, c1869
[1:18] The Reading, Edouard Manet, 1869
[1:20] Berthe Morisot, Edouard Manet, 1872
[1:22] Charlotte Dubourg, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1882
[1:24] Portrait of an Italian Woman, Alexei Vasilievich Tyranov, 1851
[1:26] Princess Albert de Broglie, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1851-53
[1:28] An Elegant Beauty William Clark Wontner
[1:30] Souvenir, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1895
[1:31] La Belle Liseuse (The Beautiful Reader), Lêon François Comerre
[1:33] Modesti, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1902
[1:35] Pavonia, Lord Frederick Leighton, 1858-59
[1:37] A Portrait of a Young Lady, Eugene de Blaas
[1:39] Musette, Eugene de Blaas, 1900
[1:41] An Arab Beauty, Lêon François Comerre
[1:43] Girl Braiding Her Hair (Suzanne Valadon), Pierre Auguste Renoir, 1885
[1:45] Portrait of Madame Henriot, Pierre Auguste Renoir, 1877
[1:47] Two Sisters on the Terrace, Pierre Auguste Renoir, 1881
[1:48] Portrait of the Actress Jeanne Samary, Pierre Auguste Renoir, 1878
[1:50] La Chevelure (Young Woman Braiding her Hair), Pierre Auguste Renoir, 1876
[1:52] Blonde Nude Pierre Auguste Renoir, 1882
[1:54] La Promenade, Édouard Manet, c. 1880
[1:56] Portrait of Maggie Wilson, Frank Duveneck, 1898
[1:58] Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge, Mary Cassatt, 1879
[2:00] Ideal Head Julian Alden Weir
[2:01] Portrait of a Woman, Paul Cesar Helleu, 1909
[2:03] Ols Maria, Anders Zorn, 1918
[2:05] The Artist, Alphonse Maria Mucha, 1920
[2:07] The Matyr of the Solway, John Everett Millais 1871
[2:09] Madeleine Bernard, Paul Gauguin1888
[2:11] Woman with a Hat, Henri Matisse, 1905
[2:13] Madras Rouge, Henri Matisse, 1907
[2:15] Cocolo, Francis Picabia, 1936-38
[2:16] Ritratto di Signora di Klimt, Gustav Klimt, 1916-17
[2:18] La fleur (serigraph), Henri Matisse, 1937
[2:20] Portrait of Lydia Delectorskaya, the Artist's Secretary, Henri Matisse, 1947
[2:22] The Mask, Louis Welden Hawkins, 1905
[2:24] Les Fleurs du Mal (Flowers of Evil), Rene Magritte, 1946
[2:26] F. Champenois, Alphonse Maria Mucha, 1897
[2:28] Cycles Perfecta, Alphonse Maria Mucha, 1902
[2:30] Raphaelesque Head Exploding, Salvador Dali, 1951
[2:31] Head Bombarded with Grains of Wheat, Salvador Dali, 1954
[2:33] Apparition of a Face with a Fruit Dish on a Beach, Salvador Dali, 1938
[2:35] Woman Torso, Kazimir Malevich, 1928-1932
[2:37] American Beauty (The Movie Star), Knud Merrild, 1928
[2:39] Portrait of Lunia Czechowska, Amedeo Modigliani, 1919
[2:41] Tumblers (Mother and Son), Pablo Picasso, 1905
[2:43] Maternity, Pablo Picasso, 1905
[2:45] Nude Woman In A Red Armchair, Pablo Picasso, 1932
[2:47] Portrait of Françoise, Pablo Picasso,1946
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Some immortal goddess, perhaps.
Or immoral
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i found it quite beautiful too . . . definately worth sharing!
hi Norm,
oooo an immoral goddess, you could be on to something there!
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I love doing morphs but that was superb and must have taken forever!
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i thought you might appreciate this one!