Vermeer: "The Love Letter" comparing reproductions

Comparing reproductions of any work of art makes us wanting to get a plane and do a quick flight to see the original.

You are excused from the two last posts if you

are the iconic illiterate described at Monday's post. You just have to know "The Girl with the pearl earing".

Keep it in your memory that I'll give you some more important works of art you have to know. Maybe ten will do. Take it easy!

Monet or not Monet?

Monet! Sure, Monet!

Genius! The ice melting is so great!

Left: The Ice Floes, 1880

Right: The Boats Regatta at Argenteuil, 1872.

Courbet, lesbianism, voyeurism, friendship, Barbies and Christian censorship

Sleepers by Gustave Courbet is one of the themes that artists depicted that is stitl causing scandal nowadays.

I was searching for another of his paintings and came across with Kristine Milde's "Sleepers after Courbet" at this site dedicated to Barbie in many way. I also found at this site Courbet's painting with Christ's tags covering breasts and pubic parts.

I am a little bit astonished that someone can do such a thing with a painting especially using as tag using a medieval painting of the Christ.

It is quite ironic.

The "Two Friends" was part of the 19 century's iconography as you can see in the Klimt's and Lautrec's painting.

I think that it has to do with the eyes of the beholder.

I think it is very interesting recreating Courbet's work with Barbies.

Mary Cassat meets Vermeer

Right: Woman in blue reading a letter, Vermeer, 1662-63 Left: The Letter, Mary Cassatt, 1880-81 Both captured daily and intimate moments. Here Mary Cassatt, in a Japanese inspired technique, meets Vermeer and it seems that at her painting a decision has already been done while in Vermeer's work something is about to happen after the woman finish reading the letter.