The look in European paintings.ppsx

seductive, mysterious, powerful, melancholic, absent ...
the look has fascinated artists for centuries

3. seductive, mysterious, powerful, melancholic, absent ...
the look has fascinated artists for centuries

4. The look
in Europeanpaintings

5. The intense gaze shared between the two,
two aspects, two abstract entities that confront each other and recognize each other all too well
the Sphinx, hypnotizing look, aggressive and sensual due to its proximity
Oedipus, upright, proud, with a defiant gaze.
Gustave Moreau
Œdipe et le Sphinx
Oedipusand the Sphinx
Edipoy la esfinge
1864
The MetropolitanMuseum of Art , New York, NY

7. A sideways stare is often a sign of complicity.
Raffaello Sanzio, Raphael
Autoportrait avec un ami Autoportrait
Self-Portrait witha Friend
Autorretratocon un amigo
1518-1519
Musée du Louvre, Paris

10. his look plays with the viewer's look …
Some portraits look at us out of the corner of their eye
as if to make clear that your presence has been noticed …
Leonardo da Vinci
Portrait d'une dame de la cour de Milan, dit a tort "La Belle Ferronnière"
Portrait of an unknownwoman, incorrectlyknownas "La belle Ferronnière“
Retratode unamujerdesconocidao Retratode dama antes “La Belle Ferronnière”
1495
Musée du Louvre, Paris

13. a piercing gaze ...
Individual portraits were first painted towards the end of the Middle Ages as princes,
rulers, and warlords wanted to assert their authority and have their power recognized.
In these profile and front-on depictions, the subject's gaze is strong, focused.
Piero dellaFrancesca
Portrait de Sigismond Malatesta, seigneur de Rimini
Portrait of SigismondoPandolfoMalatesta
Retratode SigismondoPandolfoMalatesta
1451
Musée du Louvre, Paris

16. a total intransigence in the dark expression of Jupiter, King of the Gods
as …
Thetis kneels by his side, begging for some favor.
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Jupiter et Thetis
Jupiter and Thétis
Júpitery Tetis
1811
Aix-en-Provence, Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence

19. Having just murdered Jean-Paul Marat ...
the eyes of French Revolutionary figure Charlotte Corday betray
her horror at what she has done
as well
her feeling of power and satisfaction at seeing her duty fulfilled.
Paul Jacques Aime Baudry
Charlotte Corday
1860
Musée d'Arts, Nantes

23. an eye watches our every move ...
and …
a shoe is unlaced
Marie-Denise Villers
Étude de femme d'après nature, dit aussi Portrait de madame Soustras
Studyof a Womanor Portrait of Madame Soustras
Estudiode unamujeral natural, tambiénconocidocomoRetratode Madame Soustras
1830
Musée du Louvre, Paris

27. defying the viewer's gaze ...
Since the Venus of the Renaissance, the naked form has enjoyed a boom
like no other.
Yet in the 19th century this naked body took on the appearance
of a woman of easy virtue,
becoming a little too real
and a little too tangible
and ...
scandal breaks out! …
Edouard Manet
Olympia
1863
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

32. terror, amazement,
surprise and astonishment in eyes and faces
the moment when the feast attendants warn,
terrified, the miracle of the writing on the wall
Rembrandt Harmenszoonvan Rijn
Belshazzar’sFeast
Le Festin de Balthazar
El festínde Baltasar
1635-1638
The National Gallery, London

35. the fragility of human existence compared to all of the power of the elements ...
a man with a nightmarish look fighting for his family's survival during a terrible flood
Anne-Louis Girodet De Roussy-Trioson
Le Déluge
The Flood
El diluvio
1806
Musée du Louvre, Paris

38. The outrageously made-up eyes of these old ladies conceal nothing:
youth has long since abandoned them ...
…. and time is gearing up to sweep them away altogether.
Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes
Le Temps ou Les Vieilles
Old Womenor Time
El Tiempoy las viejas
1810
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille

41. sidelong glances sweeping the scene …
the old gypsy woman lures the victim,
her accomplice watches her,
and
two other, in the shadows, steal her
Moral: keep your eyes open!
Georges de La Tour
The Fortune Teller
La Diseuse de bonne aventure
La buenaventura
1630
MetropolitanMuseum of Art, New York City

45. glances and attitudes revealed complicity …
the cheat, a slight smile on the lips, looking sideways,
the courtesan, eyes upwards, towards the servant,
the servant, his right eye looking at the viewer
and
the deceived young man, his eyes riveted on his four cards, including a spade
Georges de La Tour
Le Tricheur à l'as de carreau
The Cheatwiththe Ace of Diamonds
El tahúrdelas de diamantes
1635
Musée du Louvre, Paris

49. on the eve of his fall,
slumped on a chair, despondent,
recalling past glories ...
his eyes suggest his disappointment and disenchantment
Paul Delaroche
Napoléon à Fontainebleau, le 31 mars 1814
Napoléon at Fontainebleau, 31 March 1814
Napoleónen Fontainebleau, 31 de marzode 1814
1840 ou 1845
Musée de l'Armée, Paris

53. an absent look …
the unease and isolation of a long-suffering woman
Edgar Degas
Dans un café, dit aussi L'Absinthe
In a Cafe, alsocalledAbsinthe
En un café, tambiénllamadoLa absenta
1875-1876
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

56. intense looks, which show a great tenderness between the two characters:
that of a grandfather and grandson.
The poignancy of the image is dramatized by the contrast between the man's wise face,
disfigured by rosacea, and the child's delicate profile.
Domenico Ghirlandaio
Portrait d'un vieillard et d'un jeune garcon
An Old Man and hisGrandson
Un ancianocon su nieto
1490
Musée du Louvre, Paris

59. Cheerful looks in 16th-century Western art ...
the mighty Hercules being dressed as a woman by a gaggle of females
to general amusement.
Hercules with a spindle in hand, dressed as a woman by three maidens of Omphale,
who looks at the viewer from the right edge of the composition.
Lucas Cranach the Elder Lucas Cranach, l'Ancien
Hercule à la cour d'Omphale
Hercules at the court of Omphale
Hérculesen la cortede Ónfale
1537
Fondation Bemberg, Toulouse

64. a Neapolitan beggar boy,
a princely dignity
and
a smile
José de Ribera, calledLo Spagnoletto, dit l'Espagnolet
Le Pied-bot
The Clubfoot
El patizambo
1642
Musée du Louvre, Paris

68. a simple, genuine happiness
joie de vivre
shine in the eyes of women in love ...
As if transported by the dance, one of them pauses with laughing eyes
in the embrace of the man whispering in her ear.
Auguste Renoir
Danse à la campagne
Dance in the Country
Baile en el campo
1883
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

71. The chain of gaze
John's eyes stare at Salome,
who looks at the crotch of the executioner,
who mocks the young woman,
who replies with a laugh
Behind them, the dark, distant gaze of the figure of death.
LovisCorinth
SalomeII
Salomé II
Salomé II
1900
Museum der BildendenKünsteLeipzig, Leipzig

75. a look that follows us …

76. that legendary smile ...
the movement by means of the "twisted pyramid" effect,
invented by da Vinci to give the illusion that the character is following us with his gaze ...
Leonardo da Vinci Léonard de Vinci
Portrait de Lisa Gherardini, épouse de Francesco delGiocondo, dite MonnaLisa, la Giocondaou la Joconde
Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wifeof Francesco delGiocondo, knownas MonnaLisa, la Giocondaor Mona Lisa
Retratode Lisa Gherardini, esposade Francesco delGiocondo, conocidocomoLa Giocondao MonnaLisa
1503-1519
Musée du Louvre, Paris

80. Le regard dans la peinture européenne
The look in Europeanpaintings
La miradaen la pinturaeuropea
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