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The painting depicts two women, one black and one white, sitting next to each other covered in beauty patches. The painting is unusual for the time in its depiction of the sitters as equals. [2] [3] The women are presented as companions with similar dress, makeup, hair, and jewelry. The work was created circa 1650 and subverts traditional ...
Trois crayons (French: [tʁwɑ kʁɛjɔ̃]; English: "three pencils") is a drawing technique using three colors of chalk: red , black (a type of schist), and white. The paper used may be a mid-tone such as grey, blue, or tan. [ 1 ]
A figure drawing is a drawing of the human form in any of its various shapes and postures, using any of the drawing media. The term can also refer to the act of producing such a drawing . The degree of representation may range from highly detailed, anatomically correct renderings to loose and expressive sketches.
The painting shows a tired, faceless Black woman sitting on the edge of her bed about start her workday. The artist first conceived of the painting while getting ready to catch a bus to work on a cold winter morning. [9] As of 2011, Blue Monday was the most mass-produced and popular painting of the artist. [10]
The painting depicts Obama sitting in a chair seemingly floating among foliage. [2] The foliage is described by the artist as " chrysanthemums (the official flower of Chicago), jasmine (symbolic of Hawaii where the president spent most of his childhood) and African blue lilies (alluding to the president's late Kenyan father)."
Hand-colouring (or hand-coloring) refers to any method of manually adding colour to a monochrome photograph, generally either to heighten the realism of the image or for artistic purposes. [1] Hand-colouring is also known as hand painting or overpainting.
In several episodes of the HBO original series, Entourage, celebrities, including actors, authors, musicians and athletes, have lent their celebrity to the show, playing themselves. However, in most cases, many aspects of their life are fictionalized.
The picture juxtaposes the similarities between the soft oval white face of the model, as if she were a living mask, with the shiny black mask, also with eyes closed and a serene expression. [4] It also expresses the artist's interest in African art, which had a huge influence in the artistic movements of the first decades of the 20th century.