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500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art in 3 minutes. List of artists inside.
Wow. A cool use of morphing. I didn't know that was possible.
That was actually really well done. Nice find vronsky.
posted by quin at 11:44 AM on May 25, 2007
That was actually really well done. Nice find vronsky.
posted by quin at 11:44 AM on May 25, 2007
Thank was good.
posted by flibbertigibbet at 11:57 AM on May 25, 2007
posted by flibbertigibbet at 11:57 AM on May 25, 2007
Very cool, but somewhat spoiled by the "I'd hit that!" comments below... sigh. Why are people so DUMB?
posted by bitter-girl.com at 12:04 PM on May 25, 2007
posted by bitter-girl.com at 12:04 PM on May 25, 2007
This is one of those FPPS where really, all I can say is "Great post!".
So, uh, great post!
Who's dumber, one who leaves a comment on YouTube, or one who expects to find anything of value amongst said comments?
I keed, of course.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 12:07 PM on May 25, 2007
So, uh, great post!
Who's dumber, one who leaves a comment on YouTube, or one who expects to find anything of value amongst said comments?
I keed, of course.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 12:07 PM on May 25, 2007
Very cool, but the morphing was actually making me a bit motion sick for some reason. I'm too old school in that to enjoy the art I'd prefer static slides that held each image for a second or two so I could enjoy the beauty of the actual piece.
posted by Muddler at 12:08 PM on May 25, 2007
posted by Muddler at 12:08 PM on May 25, 2007
I waned to post a few pictures of The Virgin Mary but mostly came up with Dick Cheney's daughter with her new pup.
posted by Postroad at 12:09 PM on May 25, 2007
posted by Postroad at 12:09 PM on May 25, 2007
I got to see a Rolls Royce exhibit at the Black Hawk auto museum several years ago. One of the features was a row of about 20 of the Rolls hood ornaments, the Spirit of Ecstacy, spanning from about 1915 to probably 2003. Each one is done through lost wax casting, so you got to see the "ideal" female body type change over time, as her chest, rear and hips got bigger, then the rest of her rounded out, then she starts getting skinny again, etc. Same thing going on here. I'm into it, wish they would have shown more than just the faces in the paintings though.
posted by gally99 at 12:16 PM on May 25, 2007
posted by gally99 at 12:16 PM on May 25, 2007
Elusively amazing (I think?). Thanks so much vronsky.
posted by Jody Tresidder at 12:20 PM on May 25, 2007
posted by Jody Tresidder at 12:20 PM on May 25, 2007
Fantastic! The morphs gave the in-between moments a three-dimensional quality.
posted by pmbuko at 12:23 PM on May 25, 2007
posted by pmbuko at 12:23 PM on May 25, 2007
Oh please, like you wouldn't hit that.
posted by miss lynnster at 12:25 PM on May 25, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by miss lynnster at 12:25 PM on May 25, 2007 [1 favorite]
Wow. The quality of the art takes a real nosedive in the last few seconds. When did it become unfashionable to make beautiful art?
posted by JDHarper at 12:27 PM on May 25, 2007
posted by JDHarper at 12:27 PM on May 25, 2007
As to the video itself: That was really, really interesting. It's neat to watch the eyes as the rest of the face morphs.
posted by JDHarper at 12:29 PM on May 25, 2007
posted by JDHarper at 12:29 PM on May 25, 2007
Ah, the womens are so cute
Only the proportions between eyes, nose mouth and facial contour are constant throughout the paintings.
Which makes you really lock into those feminine facial proportions; a task for which we mens are hardwired anyway.
posted by jouke at 12:35 PM on May 25, 2007
Only the proportions between eyes, nose mouth and facial contour are constant throughout the paintings.
Which makes you really lock into those feminine facial proportions; a task for which we mens are hardwired anyway.
posted by jouke at 12:35 PM on May 25, 2007
"Wow. The quality of the art takes a real nosedive in the last few seconds. When did it become unfashionable to make beautiful art?"
Oh, subjectivity, where is thy sting?
I liked the last few, and for me the weak part was the "Rokotov, Peter Paul Rubens, Gobert, Caspar Netscher, Pierre Mignard, Jean-Marc Nattier, Vigee-Le Brun, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Winterhalter, Tyranov, Borovikovsky, Venetsianov, Gros, Kiprensky, Amalie, Corot, Edouard Manet, Flatour, Ingres, Wontner, Bouguereau, Comerre, Leighton, Blaas" part, though I like some of the artists (and even the specific works) in there. Like, Manet is probably my favorite painter. I'll cop to much less interest in the Northern Renaissance and post-Renaissance artists though, especially when the Baroque and Mannerists slide into Rococco. (When I was studying for my last art history survey course, I'd slap a little racoon next to the rococco artists in my notes. Rocky the Rococco Racoon...)
But hey, I don't like Nouveau much either, at least in portaiture.
Still, while it was kinda slight, it was neat.
posted by klangklangston at 12:44 PM on May 25, 2007
Oh, subjectivity, where is thy sting?
I liked the last few, and for me the weak part was the "Rokotov, Peter Paul Rubens, Gobert, Caspar Netscher, Pierre Mignard, Jean-Marc Nattier, Vigee-Le Brun, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Winterhalter, Tyranov, Borovikovsky, Venetsianov, Gros, Kiprensky, Amalie, Corot, Edouard Manet, Flatour, Ingres, Wontner, Bouguereau, Comerre, Leighton, Blaas" part, though I like some of the artists (and even the specific works) in there. Like, Manet is probably my favorite painter. I'll cop to much less interest in the Northern Renaissance and post-Renaissance artists though, especially when the Baroque and Mannerists slide into Rococco. (When I was studying for my last art history survey course, I'd slap a little racoon next to the rococco artists in my notes. Rocky the Rococco Racoon...)
But hey, I don't like Nouveau much either, at least in portaiture.
Still, while it was kinda slight, it was neat.
posted by klangklangston at 12:44 PM on May 25, 2007
The intermediate images often struck me as more beautiful than either the starting or the ending face. Evidence for the beauty of averageness?
posted by drdanger at 12:47 PM on May 25, 2007
posted by drdanger at 12:47 PM on May 25, 2007
Very cool. It is interesting how the western European ideal of feminine beauty hasn't really changed all that much (at least as far as facial features are concerned). I also wonder how much of the similarities between proportions is related to the practice of learning from the masters. It guess that kind of underscores the tremendous revolution in art in the early 20th century.
posted by ozomatli at 12:53 PM on May 25, 2007
posted by ozomatli at 12:53 PM on May 25, 2007
Good one, miss lynnster & Alvy. True, true, true.
Now, if only someone will post a "if you don't watch this video 500 times and send the link to 500 friends your mom will die like immediately and stuff" comment...
posted by bitter-girl.com at 12:56 PM on May 25, 2007
Now, if only someone will post a "if you don't watch this video 500 times and send the link to 500 friends your mom will die like immediately and stuff" comment...
posted by bitter-girl.com at 12:56 PM on May 25, 2007
Good good good thanks for posting. Intriguing. The first glimpse of teeth is a little shocking -- the secret smile is so much more alluring.
posted by Rumple at 12:59 PM on May 25, 2007
posted by Rumple at 12:59 PM on May 25, 2007
"It is interesting how the western European ideal of feminine beauty hasn't really changed all that much (at least as far as facial features are concerned). I also wonder how much of the similarities between proportions is related to the practice of learning from the masters."
Well, no, that's largely because of the selections that whoever put this together made. It's a 21st Century view extrapolated backwards. Because you can find plenty of pictures of women who were considered beautiful contemporarily who look like total dogs now (the high forehead thing of the Middle Ages, etc.)
posted by klangklangston at 1:11 PM on May 25, 2007
Well, no, that's largely because of the selections that whoever put this together made. It's a 21st Century view extrapolated backwards. Because you can find plenty of pictures of women who were considered beautiful contemporarily who look like total dogs now (the high forehead thing of the Middle Ages, etc.)
posted by klangklangston at 1:11 PM on May 25, 2007
There's an animation like this showing in the kids area in the lower level of the Art Institute of Chicago right now. I only caught a glipse of it, but I think it's male and female faces, and not limited to Western Art.
posted by hydrophonic at 1:14 PM on May 25, 2007
posted by hydrophonic at 1:14 PM on May 25, 2007
I had to stop watching because I kept getting an uncanny automaton feeling when the faces would morph and turn back towards me. Seconds fourteen to sixteen were particularly unheimlich.
posted by felix grundy at 1:39 PM on May 25, 2007
posted by felix grundy at 1:39 PM on May 25, 2007
That was insane. Sweet find, thanks vronsky.
posted by BostonJake at 4:20 PM on May 25, 2007
posted by BostonJake at 4:20 PM on May 25, 2007
Thanks! I look forward to the future, when we will be able to cram more years of stuff into fewer seconds.
posted by Eideteker at 6:09 PM on May 25, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by Eideteker at 6:09 PM on May 25, 2007 [1 favorite]
Now, if only someone will post a "if you don't watch this video 500 times and send the link to 500 friends your mom will die like immediately and stuff" comment...
posted by bitter-girl.com at 12:56 PM
DONE
posted by blasdelf at 6:36 PM on May 25, 2007
posted by bitter-girl.com at 12:56 PM
DONE
posted by blasdelf at 6:36 PM on May 25, 2007
vronsky, That was breathtaking. I just loved that! Exciting find. So brilliantly and beautfully done. The transitions between one face and another were fascinating.
His George W morph is a bad trip.
A tiny bit about the author of this work: eggman913. His YouTube user page. MySpace page with all his film shorts to date. He has a short about Providence Rhode Island, maybe he went to RISD?
posted by nickyskye at 10:13 PM on May 25, 2007
His George W morph is a bad trip.
A tiny bit about the author of this work: eggman913. His YouTube user page. MySpace page with all his film shorts to date. He has a short about Providence Rhode Island, maybe he went to RISD?
posted by nickyskye at 10:13 PM on May 25, 2007
wow. women started becoming really weird-looking sometime around the year 02:11.
Rrrowr at 1:07!
she's all yours. 1:36 is more my type.
posted by UbuRoivas at 1:43 AM on May 26, 2007
Rrrowr at 1:07!
she's all yours. 1:36 is more my type.
posted by UbuRoivas at 1:43 AM on May 26, 2007
cool - thanks.
posted by LobsterMitten at 3:18 PM on May 27, 2007
posted by LobsterMitten at 3:18 PM on May 27, 2007
Brings back memories from the thousands of slides to be memorized from Art History class. I think they just came back - and now I forgot how to tie my shoelaces!
posted by a_s_m at 3:24 AM on June 11, 2007
posted by a_s_m at 3:24 AM on June 11, 2007
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posted by vronsky at 11:36 AM on May 25, 2007