Who's That Girl?
USING PAPER TO TO DISCOVER PAINTING’S MOST FAMOUS WOMEN
This self-directed project combines two passions: art history and working with paper. I am interested in discovering Western paintings’ most famous female subjects.
Working with paper allows me to simplify these pieces to their most essential attributes. Who were the real women in the paintings? I identify them using shape and color, and I call out their names (not the artist’s) in the captions.
The Birth of Venus
1486
Simonetta Vespucci
Mona Lisa
1503
Lisa Gherardini
La Grande Odalisque
1814
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L'Origine du monde
1866
Virginia Hiffernan
Olympia
1863
Victorine Meurent
Madame X
1884
Virginie Gautreau
Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe
1884
Victorine Meurent
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