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L´invention de la beauté. Sujet 12. Photograph

Claus Treau-Foby

Germany

Photography, Digital on Other

Size: 28.3 W x 39 H x 0.4 D in

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In the past, everything was better! Früher war alles besser! More precisely: easier – at least in pre-renaissance portrait paintings. Besser gesagt: leichter, 
zumindest in der Portraitmalerei vor der Renaissance. Dot, dot, comma, dash - smiley (madonna-)face in a flash. Da genügten „Punkt, Punkt, Komma, Strich“ und fertig war das (Madonnen-)Mondgesicht! But then, da Vinci, Botticelli, Dürer & Co. appeared and asked: "Why easy, if it works complicated, too?!" Doch dann kamen da Vinci, Botticell, Dürer & Co. und fragten sich: „Warum einfach, wenn´s kompliziert auch geht?!“ Searching the perfect image – the blueprint of beauty – they dissected, sketched and scaled the human face. Auf der Suche nach dem perfekten Ebenbild – dem Bauplan der Schönheit – wurde seziert, skizziert und skaliert. In this way, „La Gioconda“, „The Birth of Venus“ or „Maria mit der Birnenschnitte“ were created. So entstanden „La Gioconda“, die „Geburt der Venus“ oder die „Maria mit der Birnenschnitte“. In later times, the beauty trend tended towards chubby cheeks and tripple chins (Rubens). Später ging der aktuelle Beauty-Trend hin zu dicken Pausbäckchen und Tripple-Kinn (Rubens). During the following age, "ethereal" characters à la Bouguereau have been "en vogue". Zwischenzeitig waren „ätherische Wesen“ à la Bouguereau „en vogue“. In the 20th century, the „smiley-face“ had a renaissance in art - for example by Alexej Jawlensky’s Mystical Heads and Saviour’s Face. Aber auch das Mondgesicht erlebte seine Renaissance – etwa bei Jawlensky. It seems to be a fundamental human need to be portrayed Sich portraitieren (zu lassen), ist wohl ein Ur-Bedürfnis des Menschen. This is proved by the rampant selfie-mania in the age of smartphones and digital photography. Das beweist die grassierende Selfie-Manie im Zeitalter der digitalen Photographie. What a coincidence, that the frequently observed underexposure of these (self-)portraits often correlates remarkably... Wobei die Unterbelichtung dieser (Selbst-)Portraits oft in einem bemerkenswerten Maße ... ... with the intellectual "underexposure" of their creators . . , - ... mit der geistigen Unterbelichtung Ihrer Schöpfer korrespondiert . . , – Traduction / Relecture: Catherine de Radevicz

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Photography:Digital on Other

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:28.3 W x 39 H x 0.4 D in

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I am a French-German artist and author, living in Munich.

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