Thursday, November 3, 2011

500 Years of Women's Portraits in Western Art - in Three Minutes


Susan reporting:

This video isn't new (it's nearly five years old, an eternity on the internet), but it's still quite marvelous, and well worth another visit. Beautiful paintings, amazing computer editing, Bach's Sarabande from Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 in G Major performed by Yo-Yo Ma: the perfect way to ease into the weekend. Ahhh....
at

16 comments:

  1. MrsC (Maryanne)November 3, 2011 at 7:50 PM

    Creepy, beautiful, fascinating all at once!

    ReplyDelete
  2. FannyNovember 4, 2011 at 2:38 AM

    So amazing! Hypnotic and beautiful, thank you for linking it!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Shortbread and GingerNovember 4, 2011 at 3:55 AM

    Wow - absolutely incredible!
    Liz @ Shortbread & Ginger

    ReplyDelete
  4. AnonymousNovember 4, 2011 at 8:01 AM

    I've watched this many times, and it never gets old. It is as visiually spectacular as it was when I first saw it. The only thing possible to perfect its near-perfection would be to include some women of color.Thanks for sharing it!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Barbara Wells SarudyNovember 4, 2011 at 8:02 AM

    I had not seen it. Thank you!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Elizabeth Varadan, AuthorNovember 4, 2011 at 11:14 AM

    This was really remarkable! Thanks for posting the site.

    ReplyDelete
  7. HopeNovember 4, 2011 at 11:18 AM

    That's something! Thanks for sharing it. I had not seen it.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway ScottNovember 4, 2011 at 4:20 PM

    Glad you're all enjoying this! As a one-time art history student, I feel like it's kind of a speed-test, trying to ID each face before it morphs into another (with very mixed results). Still very cool. :)

    ReplyDelete
  9. AnonymousNovember 4, 2011 at 5:53 PM

    Has anyone identified all these lovely ladies? I would love to have the "key."

    ReplyDelete
  10. ThinkbirthNovember 6, 2011 at 3:38 PM

    All those fabulous faces and artworks! So many different styles and looks. So cleverly done. I wish it had been slower - I wanted to linger longer. Thanks so much for sharing.

    ReplyDelete
  11. AnonymousNovember 6, 2011 at 8:44 PM

    Such sadness in so many of the faces.

    ReplyDelete
  12. ShelleyNovember 10, 2011 at 10:57 AM

    I have seen this before, but seeing it just now I watched only the eyes and felt that whilst many of these women's paintings were just pictures, in a few cases I thought perhaps a few were still alive in those paintings! Marvelous video and music.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Monica BurnsNovember 23, 2011 at 11:14 PM

    I've seen this before, but what a delightful treat to watch it again! Thanks for the revisit.

    ReplyDelete
  14. Christian ArtDecember 2, 2011 at 6:02 AM

    Nice post!!
    Its fabulous.Carry on....

    ReplyDelete
  15. Elaine BachDecember 2, 2011 at 9:22 AM

    Thank you so much for this. I had never seen it. As a portrait artist, I appreciate the huge amount of time which had to go into the making of the video, and I recognized so many of the works. Fantastic.

    ReplyDelete
  16. Western ArtJanuary 3, 2012 at 7:01 AM

    You made some good points there. I did a search on the topic and found most people will agree with your blog. Thanks

    ReplyDelete

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.