Grand Manner & Swagger
Portraiture as a Gateway to Liking Art
Art Museums are Boring and Stupid
- Kayt, 25 years ago, probably
Costume History is my life
- Also Kayt ca. 1995
A Wild Reynolds Appears!
Los Angeles, 2008
Fate Intervenes
Batoni, "Sir Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham"
"Swagger Portrait"
Grand Manner
Grand Manner
- Visual metaphors that suggest noble qualities
- Influence from Roman sculpture and Renaissance painting
- Tradition of court portraiture (Van Dyck and Rubens)
- Known as a 'Swagger Portrait' when especially ostentatious
Noble Metaphors
- Pastoral scenery
- Classical architecture
- Fabric/drapery
- Dogs
- Items of leisure or learning
Notable
Artists
- Reynolds, Gainsborough, Batoni (18th c)
- Lawrence, Sargent, John (19th c)
Reynolds, "Sarah Campbell"
Batoni, "William Gordon"
Batoni, "Wills Hill"
John, "Colonel T.E. Lawrence"
Sargent, "Consuelo Vanderbilt"
Sargent, "Theodore Roosevelt"
Wiley, "President Barack Obama"
Portraiture is cool, now what?
Art without People
- Textures
- Symbolism
- Light
Thomas Moran,“Fiercely the red sun descending/Burned his way along the heavens”
Canaletto, "Piazzo San Marco"
Alphonse Mucha, "Evening Contemplation"
Wyeth, "Christina's World"
I like art museums!
- Kayt
But it's also okay not to :)
