The Old Master are back...
7:55 p.m.
22/02/19 - Victoria Gitman is an artist that lives in the South of Florida, USA, Many of her artworks show how she was influenced by the Old Masters, such as Andrea Mantegna, Michelangelo and Caravaggio.
One of the most interesting of her paintings showing this is an adaptation of "The death of the Virgin", by Caravaggio. This painting was considered sacrilegious because of the posture of the body, and the color used for the Virgin's skin, her robes and the upper curtain, all of them against the Church's canons. It is known that the artist used the body of drowned prostitute as a model (they used red clothing back in those days).
One of the most interesting of her paintings showing this is an adaptation of "The death of the Virgin", by Caravaggio. This painting was considered sacrilegious because of the posture of the body, and the color used for the Virgin's skin, her robes and the upper curtain, all of them against the Church's canons. It is known that the artist used the body of drowned prostitute as a model (they used red clothing back in those days).
Gitman brings the old master's work into modernity. First, the sheet covering the mattress is more updated. The body has a less dramatic posture, as if sleeping. There are no other figures and the upper curtain has been replaced by a less theatrical one with another color.
Variations Upon a Theme by Caravaggio, by Victoria L. Gitman (1994)
Technique: oil on wood / Measures: 12 x 12 inches
Gitman was born in Argentina in 1972 and she is interested in how the feminine figure was disdained throughout historic painting.
0 comentarios