On Wednesday we went on a tour of the IU Art Museum to look at some portraits. Here are my notes:
The first portrait was of St Nicholas from the 16th century. It was very general and biblical. It was interesting it didn't have any sort of background.
The second portrait was of a woman from the late 16th century. It was very similar to the St Nick. You could tell she was educated because she was reading a book, a sign of wealth back then.
The third portrait was of Young Daniel. It was the first portrait with a light source which helped show some of the emotion. It was very detailed and used earth tones.
We moved on to two busts that had very fancy hair but not the greatest material. The choice in material makes you think they weren't absolutely wealthy, but that they had some money.
I started to focus on more cultural clues as we continued looking at more portraits. Clues such as the color of their cloths and if they were reading signified their affluence.
The final pieces we looked at were pretty unique. There was a cubic head, a dada head with zippers for eyes, a disproportionate family portrait, and a huge woman I took a picture of.
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