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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Video Poem Project
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Faces/Convergences 1-3
Above: one of Rembrandt's self portraits. Below: a baby (Maggie's niece) in a tub
The eyebrows popped out at me, the round eyes open wide, and I couldn't resist making a connection between the baby photo and the Rembrandt painting. I find human emotion very unique, and yet, to see such similarity in a famous painter's face as in a 6 month old, is just proof of how close we all really are. While the feelings they are conveying may differ, the expressions themselves are very similar. Rembrandt's pursed mouth shows us that he was concentrated and thinking (no doubt, about the picture he was painting of himself), while the baby's face below the eyes is completely slack, appearing more relaxed and curious. I think what seems so identical about their faces is how they seem to portray honest curiosity and interest in the object at which they are looking, and as a result both pictures have the appearance of "candids". - - - - -
This picture and painting go well together, because they are both of two kids looking out to sea. The first is a photograph of Mandy's brother and sister, and the second is Cliff Walk at Pourville by Monet. And even though these pieces differ in time by over 100 years, they both convey the same feeling of children looking out to sea and admiring/wondering at its great expanse. - - - - -
Here we see a large gathering of speed boats racing along one of the lakes in Ottawa, Ontario, set against another of Monet's paintings simply entitled Boats Leaving the Harbor. While they are separate in time, atmosphere, and ship vessels, one aspect I particularly enjoy about these two pictures together is the horizon line. It's almost exactly identical.
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