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Ugliness in Paintings.ppsx
- 3. from The Ugly Duchess by Matsys to The Old Women and Two Old Ones Eating Soup by Goya through The Beggars by Bruegel the Elder and The Bearded Lady by Ribera the beauty of ugliness …
- 5. Striking paintings that take us on an extraordinary journey through where acts of rejection go hand in hand with touching instances of empathy, and an aversion to deformity is accompanied by seductive violations of all classical canons. Natural ugliness, asymmetry, disharmony, deformity, the mean, unpleasant, grotesque, monstrous, repulsive, ignoble and indecent “How beautiful is ugliness!”
- 6. an old woman depicted with exaggerated features the sunken eyes distorted nostrils, chin, forehead and collarbones enlarged jaw the deformed hands (and ... the unbloomed bud in her right hand symbolizes that she is trying to attract a suitor in vain.) A famous ugly painting that was created as a satirical portrait of an aristocratic woman. Several years ago, doctors visiting the National Gallery in London diagnosed a advanced form of Paget’s disease or historically, osteitis deformans. Quentin Matsys The Ugly Duchess or A Grotesque Old Woman) La Duchesse laide ou Vieille femme grotesque La duquesa fea 1513 National Gallery, London
- 9. a nose deformed by rhinophyma … the nobility, the dignity of an older man embracing a young child Ghirlandaio turns the ideal of Renaissance beauty upside down to reveal the heroism of disfigurement. The art historian Bernard Berenson wrote of this work that “there is no more human picture in the entire range of Quattrocento painting, whether in or out of Italy.” Medical Connection: Rhinophyma, a condition caused by granulomatous infiltration secondary to advanced rosacea. Domenico Ghirlandaio An Old Man and His Grandson Le Portrait d'un vieillard et d'un jeune garçon Un anciano con su nieto 1490 Musée du Louvre, Paris
- 13. putrefying cadavers, infested by snakes, worms, a toad, and insects such as flies and dragonflies Two "living dead", a reminder of mortality. It had once been the reverse of a panel now preserved in the Cleveland Museum of Art, showing a fashionable young couple in full bloom. Rhin supérieur ou Souabe, Anonymous master from Swabia or Upper Rhine Les Amants Trépassés The Dead Lovers The Rotting Pair, The deceased lovers Los amantes muertos o La pareja podrida 1469 Musée de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame, Strasbourg
- 16. five beggars without legs and on crutches, with deformed faces the figures are outside the town walls and are posed in such ways as to provoke contempt and amusement The woman behind them bears an empty bowl and may appear to be ignoring the beggar. Medical Connection: victims of ergotism gangrene. Ergotism, mycotoxicosis caused by the plant parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea. Pieter Bruegel the Elder Pieter Brueghel l'Ancien The Beggars also The Cripples Les Mendiants Los mendigos o Los lisiados 1568 Musée du Louvre, Paris
- 19. monstrous and ridiculous faces contrast sharply with the fine features and serene expressions of Christ and Veronica The three faces in the foreground rival each other in ugliness. These three grimacing sinners will go to Hell. Hieronymus Bosch, Jérôme Bosch a follower of Christ Carrying the Cross Le Portement de Croix Cristo con la Cruz a cuestas 1510-1535 Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent
- 23. The caricatural distortions of the face of the rabbi with the white cap suggest Leonardo and even Bosch Six rabbis forming a circle in which the central figure is that of the young Christ. Beauty and ugliness, youth and old age are contrasted in a striking and unusual manner. The subject depicted is part of the childhood of Christ, recounted in the New Testament. Albrecht Dürer Christ Among the Doctors Jésus parmi les docteurs Jesús entre los doctores 1506 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
- 27. The old lecher man's face shows the influence of Leonardo da Vinci's grotesque drawings of physiognomy and distortion. an attractive young woman with auburn hair a completely captivated older man a jester and a painting highlighting the glaring age difference and the vulnerability of those blinded by love Quentin Massys Ill-Matched Lovers Couple mal assorti Pareja desigual 1520-1525 National Gallery, Washington DC
- 30. atrophic and cadaverous face the skin is literally stuck to the bone tapering fingers and a skull similar to his, bald and wrinkled Saint Jerome, a revered Church father. Medical Connection: Sclerodactyly, or hardening or atrophy of the skin of the fingers and the sharp face is the most classic symptom of scleroderma. Marinus van Reymerswale Saint Jerome in his Study Saint Jérôme San Jerónimo en su estudio 1547 Museo del Prado, Madrid
- 34. bearded lady leafy beard frontal recession of the hair accused viriloide aspect "En magnum natura miraculum ", A Wonder in Nature. The painting was part of a gallery of portraits of people considered, according to the canons of the time, bizarre, extravagant, monstrous, or exotic, particularly dwarfs. Medical Connection: Hirsutism, it can be caused by increased levels of androgen hormones. Jusepe de Ribera Magdalena Ventura with Her Husband and Son The Bearded Lady Magdalena Ventura avec son mari et son fils La Femme à barbe Magdalena Ventura con su marido La mujer barbuda 1631 Museo del Prado, Madrid
- 37. disproportionate dwarfism shortening of the proximal limbs large head with prominent forehead characteristic facial features The court buffoon El Primo in the service of King Philip IV of Spain. Medical Connection: Achondroplasia Diego Velázquez El bufón el Primo The Buffoon El Primo Le Bouffon El Primo 1644 Museo del Prado, Madrid
- 40. Unlike traditional representations of Bacchus as a slim youth with a handsome face ... corpulent, flaccid both repulsive and majestic (... and the child lifts his shirt and urinates without embarrassment) Peter Paul Rubens Bacchus 1638-1640 Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
- 43. a fat, grotesque Silenus like a beached whale, posing as an obese, sweaty Venus unfiltered physicality companion of the Greek god of wine Dionysus according to mythology Medical Connection: Gynecomastia, ascites, testicular atrophy associated with alcoholic cirrhosis. Jusepe de Ribera Drunken Silenus Silène ivre Sileno ebrio 1626 Museo di Capodimonte, Naples
- 46. 25-year-old man with facial deformities frontal bossing saddle nose short maxilla protuberant mandible Medical Connection: Congenital syphilis. At the time the portrait was painted, congenital syphilis was completely unknown and would not be described until the late 19th century. It was not until 1913 that Dr. JH Hanken recognized the characteristics of a victim of congenital syphilis in Rembrandt's portrait. Rembrandt Portrait of Gerard de Lairesse Portrait de Gérard de Lairesse Retrato de Gérard de Lairesse 1665-1667 Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City
- 49. large head bulging forehead short limbs but with an attitude of defiant pride Mariabárbola one of the ladies-in-waiting of the infanta Medical Connection: Mariabárbola, Maria Bárbola Asquín, achondroplastic dwarf Diego Velázquez Las Meninas, Maria Bárbola 1656-1657 Museo del Prado, Madrid
- 53. a pair of mummified old women, one blonde, one brunette look at themselves in a mirror with the sardonic inscription: "Qué tal?", How's it going? Female coquetry and the passage of time. How's it going? Well, not very well. These ladies don't seem to notice their ugliness, with their faces eaten away by age. Two grotesque figures deceiving themselves with vanity before a mirror, ignoring the fleeting nature of beauty, unaware of the presence of Father Time behind them. Francisco de Goya Les Vieilles ou Le Temps The Old Women or The Time Las viejas o El Tiempo 1810-1812 Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Lille
- 57. Two old men or two old women, although one of them is practically a skull, are eating a bowl of soup and looking at something that makes them laugh. They mock in a disturbing way and we do not know exactly what or who ... perhaps of ourselves, who will inexorably end up like them. Francisco Goya Viejos comiendo sopa goya Two Old Ones Eating Soup Deux vieux mangeant de la soupe 1819-1823 Museo del Prado, Madrid
- 60. five old witches deformed faces, sharp teeth, evil expressions, malicious smiles terrifying grotesque One sings in the light of a candle, another carries a basket with babies and another sticks a needle into a fetus. Owls, bats, and a flying figure with bones in its hands. Is it the devil? Everything indicates that yes. Francisco Goya El Conjurio The Incantation L’Incantation 1797-1798 Museo Lázaro Caldano, Madrid
- 62. pale red rash on the chest eyes open. abnormally large head thin limbs Medical Connection: a baby affected by congenital syphilis. The image provoked strong reactions in Munch's time. Talking about sexually transmitted diseases in public was unacceptable at the time for moral reasons. In addition, the artist had portrayed an inversion of the traditional artistic theme of the Virgin and Child. Edvard Munch Inheritance Héritage Herencia 1897-1899 Munch Museum, Oslo
- 66. cigarette in hand monocle long fingers pointed chin long nose not very “feminine,” vampire lips ... Alone at a table in the Romanische Café, a Berlin hotspot for the art world, Sylvia von Harden presents herself as an emancipated intellectual with a nonchalant pose. Otto Dix counteracts his arrogance with the detail of a loose stocking without a garter. "... When, once the painting was finished, she saw her long face, her spread fingers, her red and black checkered dress, she had the feeling that Dix had made a strange painting that would certainly earn her much admiration but also many critics.” Otto Dix Portrait de la journaliste Sylvia von Harden Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia von Harden Retrato de la periodista Sylvia von Harden 1926 Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
- 69. head bent eyes are turned upward sunken cheeks exaggerated elongation of hands a grotesque and eerie self-portrait Egon Schiele, one of the most influential artists of Expressionism. Egon Schiele Self-Portrait with Lowered Head Autoportrait avec tête baissée Autorretrato con la cabeza baja 1912 Leopold Museum, Wien
- 72. a far cry from some of the more violent distortions of of Bacon's self-portraits, here, months before his sixtieth birthday, he appears as a poised and contemplative figure … The artist’s unmistakable countenance emerges in swirling strokes of lilac, teal, bone-white and vermillion set against a rich blue backdrop. Zones of raw canvas shape his beige trench coat and shine through his deftly brushed hair, with the distinctive forelock. The artist’s large, hooded eyes gaze out with a subtle glitter. The painting reveals an intense, emphatic insight not only into the artist’s appearance but also his being. Francis Bacon Autoportrait Self-Portrait Autorretrato 1969 Private Collection
- 74. Ugliness in Paintings La laideur dans la peinture La fealdad en las pinturas Images and text credit www. Music The Piano Guys Someone you loved (piano, cello) Created olga_oes Thanks for watching