CLASSICAL REFLECTIONS 1
Only after closing my studio last year did I discover that among the images I’ve shot, many echo artworks created hundreds (and sometimes even thousands!) of years ago — artworks that must not be dismissed as prurient: their beauty is treasured by museums across the world.
In this respect, my efforts join those of countless generations of artists who have sought to capture on canvas and even in stone the many strengths of women, their depths, and the natural loveliness that it is their unique privilege to bear.
Herebelow are just a few of those classical reflections. If at first you don’t see the similarity, look again . . . and more closely.
Antonio Canova, Venus Italica
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY (1823)
Katie
GraceFoto (2015)
Artist Unknown, Torso of a Woman
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon (1532)
Sicilian Spoon
GraceFoto (2018)
Dragix
GraceFoto (2015)
Auguste Rodin, Naked Woman Dancing
National Gallery of Art (late 19th century)
Bianca
GraceFoto (2014)
Aristide Maillol, Femme Nue dans le Vent
Musée Maillol de Banyuls (1924)
Cornelis Cornelisz, Portrait of Venus
Museo de Arte de Ponce (1617)
Scarlett
GraceFoto (2013)
Modigliani, Seated Nude
Courtauld Institute, London (1932)
Svetozara
GraceFoto (2014)
Evelyn
GraceFoto (2018)
Robert Auer, Seated Woman
Private Collection(?) (Early 20th century?)
Bianca
GraceFoto (2014)
William Etty, Female Nude Striding in a Landscape
National Trust, Anglesey Abbey (betw. 1807 and 1849)
Midnight
GraceFoto (2014)
Joan Rebull, The Gypsy
Fundacio Municipal Joan Abello, Barcelona (1933)
Nude Study, Jean Auguste Ingres
Fogg Art Museum (n.d.)
Scarlett
GraceFoto (2014)
Palma il Vecchio
Ritratto Femminile detto la Cortigian
Museo Poldi Pezzoli (Milano) (ca. 1520)
Geri
GraceFoto (2022)
Michelangelo, Expulsion from the Garden
Sistine Chapel (1509)
Bailey
GraceFoto (2015)