tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post4594120379867384178..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: A Modern Face in an 18th c. PaintingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-40412745739012476682014-10-23T13:14:55.710-04:002014-10-23T13:14:55.710-04:00I remember thinking the same thing about this pain...I remember thinking the same thing about this painting when I saw it at Winterthur a couple of months ago. I really need to get back there and spend more time wandering about.Natalie L.http://www.radishreviews.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-13170697774068412682014-10-21T01:19:33.763-04:002014-10-21T01:19:33.763-04:00I am the inverse. I have been told many times that...I am the inverse. I have been told many times that period (any) suits me. Regency, 18c, Victorian, Elizabethan. Something about the roundess of my face and my coloring. I look at myself done up and it looks more right than modern looks. I can't place why.bluefallinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07607307790797882746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-5838927275484058462014-10-19T18:45:59.589-04:002014-10-19T18:45:59.589-04:00Hmmm... I think she and I have some similar facial...Hmmm... I think she and I have some similar facial features... ;-)Samanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16817358665338090584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-83622150543892642014-10-18T14:57:44.013-04:002014-10-18T14:57:44.013-04:00I know what you mean. My grandmother always had a ...I know what you mean. My grandmother always had a "depression style face'. It never changed, she looked the same her whole life, from a teen to old age. I have seen many photos of women or girls during the depression and my grandmother's face fits right in. Tamara Van Kirknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-41795424778185125052014-10-16T21:52:48.966-04:002014-10-16T21:52:48.966-04:00The painting reminds me of modern high school seni...The painting reminds me of modern high school senior photos.Deb Watleyhttp://www.debwatley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-28267912525140991292014-10-16T19:56:49.971-04:002014-10-16T19:56:49.971-04:00She kind of makes me think of Jennifer Tilly the a...She kind of makes me think of Jennifer Tilly the actress. Maybe it is the expression that seems so modern as she looks kind of like she thinks something is a bit funny.Dana S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-16470989955106477932014-10-16T16:42:46.728-04:002014-10-16T16:42:46.728-04:00Definitely a "Rock Star" pose!Definitely a "Rock Star" pose!Carolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-25753899939570158542014-10-16T10:50:12.604-04:002014-10-16T10:50:12.604-04:00Her bold gaze and confidence certainly give her a ...Her bold gaze and confidence certainly give her a modern air, but her features seem biracial, which I think pushes her even more into the 21 century.Helen Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-24854308456477339872014-10-16T10:47:44.479-04:002014-10-16T10:47:44.479-04:00She looks very 21st century. I hope her husband ap...She looks very 21st century. I hope her husband appreciated her spirit and confidence.Helen Marshallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-60445163840237619742014-10-16T09:42:19.715-04:002014-10-16T09:42:19.715-04:00I like the description of being "timeless&quo...I like the description of being "timeless", proved by the comparisons you're all making to other artists and time periods. She could easily fit in any of them. <br /><br />Unfortunately there's very little known about the artist, John Durand. Here's a brief bio: <br /><br />http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/artist-info.1255.html?artobj_artistId=1255&pageNumber=1<br /><br />It's always tantalizing to try to analyze who or what influenced 18th c. American painters, since they would have been so artistically isolated in the colonies. While they might have seen the work of European contemporaries in the homes of their patrons, or in engravings, they were working in a kind of vacuum. I thought of Boticelli, too, but I can't imagine how Durard would ever have seen one of Boticelli's paintings. But you never know...there are a lot of gaps in that biography! <br />Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-1067966071660252322014-10-16T09:38:55.553-04:002014-10-16T09:38:55.553-04:00The way her chain loops around her neck makes her ...The way her chain loops around her neck makes her look a little like a cut and paste collage.Mantellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118686160226756681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-84120840566919714502014-10-16T09:10:30.601-04:002014-10-16T09:10:30.601-04:00The first thing I thought of when I saw her was Mo...The first thing I thought of when I saw her was Modigliani.Lilhttp://lilmarek.indiemade.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-67127512094588051242014-10-16T08:16:25.034-04:002014-10-16T08:16:25.034-04:00She certainly looks like she knows her mind. Woul...She certainly looks like she knows her mind. Wouldn't like to disagree with her.<br />LizThe Greenockianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05241154433325603580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-1777410537298436252014-10-16T07:46:41.897-04:002014-10-16T07:46:41.897-04:00To me, the first thought was of Roman encaustic po...To me, the first thought was of Roman encaustic portraits during the period when there was a fashion for portraits on coffins aping Egyptian mummy cases but in true Roman style, or a Roman mosaic. She reminds me of a female athlete on a mosaic, the same bold confident stare. Though I don't argue with Yve's comment about Botticelli, though Yve was commenting on the musical instrument, I can see something of Botticelli's Venus in her. Maybe rather than a modern face she is blessed with a timeless face....Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-44952565699979077642014-10-16T06:22:24.130-04:002014-10-16T06:22:24.130-04:00I totally get that too. Over on TheDreamstress.com...I totally get that too. Over on TheDreamstress.com, this week's Rate the Dress is the same - a young man who looks like a real person. It's quite unnerving.<br />I think it is when a painter consciously or unconsciously defies the fashionable facial feature interpretation of the time, maybe because their subject simply doesn't fit the mould? She definitely has a modern air about her - I can see her in a tank top and jeans with a back pack over her shoulder!MrsC (Maryanne)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14440723067459232998noreply@blogger.com