Our Lady of the Upside Down
News out of France concerning Prehistoric cave drawings that were animated by torch-light is taking the art history world by storm, and has overwhelmed this artist to the point of awe.
The cave drawings were found by archaeologist Marc Azema and French artist Florent Rivere, who suggest that Paleolithic artists who lived as long as 30,000 years ago used animation effects on cave walls, which explains the multiple heads and limbs on animals in the drawings. The images look superimposed until flickering torch-light is passed over them, giving them movement and creating a brief animation.
Another commission. OC request by Metonymy for her friend.
GUYS
guys
look at the amazing art that was done for @alierakieron
look at it
I AM STILL TEARING UP OVER THIS
IT’S MY WILS AND SHE IS FABULOUS
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Paul Delaroche, The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, 1834
The full res of this painting is simply orgasmic. Look at the placement of the figures - they’re so delicate in their movements, the figure of Jane being gently led to her death. The composition is extremely simple, the figures arranged in the shape of a cross that converges in Jane’s blindfold. The lighting is also something that makes me weep, because Delaroche obscured both of her killers’ faces, so we have only a clear view of Jane’s childish expression and her friend’s sorrow. It’s a clever trick - we are not meant to empathize with the killers; the victims have to be the focus of our attention.
It’s also meant to play up the pathos of the historical scene - Jane knelt too far from the block and had to be assisted to it by one of the executioners.
