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Throughout the long history of mankind, the female image excited painters and became a true source of inspiration for them. Singing in their works of tenderness, beauty, the unsolved mystery of the representatives of the fair half, the creators preferred the subjective attitude. For example, the famous founder of cubism, Picasso, said that he was painting not a woman, but a picture.
The Art of Primitive Society and Ancient Egypt
Let's not take into account the primitive art of primitive society. On the rock carvings found, the woman appeared portly, with overweight forms. It was obvious that she wanted to convey, first of all, her main purpose - motherhood.
Women, admired by the men of Ancient Egypt, in the fine arts appeared as graceful beauties with fair skin not scorched by the sun.
The Middle Ages and the sinfulness of women
In the Middle Ages, a woman was associated with sin, and the use of cosmetics was condemned by church laws.
Paintings of women of the early Middle Ages are similaramong themselves: they depict almost incorporeal creatures with transparent skin, large eyes, a high forehead, the hair on which was shaved to meet the standards of beauty of that time. The head of the ladies was necessarily covered, because only the husband could see his wife with loose braids.
Renaissance beauty ideals
But in the Renaissance, the beauty of the body of the fair sex is already sung. It is no coincidence that paintings of female Madonnas turn into ordinary portraits of the charms of that era.
The famous painting by Raphael "The Sistine Madonna" is a reflection of his beloved Fornarina, with whom the artist lived for 12 years. The brilliant painter considered her the ideal of beauty and endowed other works in which he glorified the women of the Renaissance with a gentle face of his beloved.
Baroque and Rococo eras
One era is replaced by another - Baroque, falling on the years of the reign of the French "Sun King". Lush forms were emphasized by a narrow waist in tight corsets. Famous paintings of women of the 16th-17th centuries seem to say that naturalness is no longer held in high esteem, and it is replaced by theatricality and stylization.
Ceremonial appearance is emphasized by frilly clothes, and huge collars of suits and obligatory wigs among noble beauties become the main attributes of the era.
During the Rococo, when modesty and modesty aroused ridicule, theatricality reaches its climax. Women put makeup on their faces to make them look like dolls. Petticoats are decorated in every possible way, stockings are in fashion, and women's breasts peek out from a deep neckline.
Natural again infashion
In the Age of Enlightenment, naturalness comes back into fashion. A huge amount of rouge and whitewash, high wigs, stylized suits with corsets go into oblivion.
The images of the graces of the era of romanticism were distinguished by spiritualized faces. Dark-haired thin young ladies with wet eyes, carried away into the world of dreams, became the standard of beauty in that period.
Looking at the paintings of women by Bryullov, an artist who worked at the beginning of the 19th century, one can catch the romantic aspirations of the master who is fluent in painting technique. In each work, admiration and admiration for dreamy models is clearly felt.
Modern women: paintings (photo)
In modern painting there is no clear standard of beauty. All female images are beautiful and multifaceted. And some artists create stunning and realistic paintings of beautiful women.
When people look at the works of Mary Jane Ansell, it remains a mystery to everyone how to convey the wonderful images of the heroines, breathing life into each of them. Connoisseurs of contemporary art are amazed by her paintings, and it seems to many that this is not a skillfully executed artistic canvas, but a real photograph of a modern charmer.
Each piece of art that evokes special feelings in the audience is the embodiment of the soul of the artist, and the magic of famous paintings created centuries ago fascinates contemporaries to this day.
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