The Knighting

Edmind Blair Leighton the artist of this piece was a victorian painter

sometimes considered to be a second generation Pre-Raphaelite. But it would be more

accurate to simply say that he was influenced by them and displayed

 similarities of style and subject matter, much like his critic John William Waterhouse.

 

I love the emotion in this piece, I feel like there is a underlying romantic story

 between the knight and the queen/princess. I love the gold detailing on her gown, the way it flows around her, you can tell there is a body underneath. The lightness of her hair and the way its shines brings out her a royal beauty.  

I love how the fadedness of the thrown, drape and even the people push the two

 main caricatures forward.

In those day being knighted was a very special honor. You were only knighted after years of hard work training and passing many tests, or you did a something very heroic,
and you had to be of noble birth. 

 

American Indian moccasins

These are Huron Embroidered Hide Moccasins

made by the American Indians in the 1800's. They are made of

black-tanned hide. The extraordinarily embroidery on the vamps and

 cuffs are made out of moose hair. Using colors of blue, red, pink, yellow,

 and white; the cuffs edged in purple satin ribbon,

(I know it looks pink but it is purple. It has faded over time.)

the length 9 inches. Made for dancing, they wereput togeather in a two

piece style with the main body being one piece of buckskin, stitched

at the heel line. These moccasins are now kept in John painter

collection of American Indian art.

 

The embroidery is just so beautiful, the detail is amazing.

 I wonder how the made such exact stitching? And dying the moose hair,

 how did they do that? Most moose hair is a dark brown, so finding white

would be hard. The gathering of the hide gives it a dressier look.

You can tell by the color of the hide that they were well worn,

 they have turned from a light tan to brown.

 

Frans Floris the lady

 

The artist that painted this painting Frans Floris was one of the most active

proponents of High Renaissance compositional concepts in his native Netherlands.

He did many different kinds of art from the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1539-40,

 to seven paintings of the Liberal Arts in 1556-70 for Nicolaas Jongelinck,

a rich merchant and tax collector. He also was commissioned by the church

to do many different pieces. His history paintings influenced a generation of

 Flemish artists, and for which Vasari a well know critic of this time, praised him,

 though stopping short of endorsing his nickname, the “Flemish Raphael.”

 

 

I have looked in many sources for information on who this girl was and could not find

anything. Either I looked in the wrong places or there is no information on who she was.

If not who could she have been? maybe a secret lover and Floris did not want anyone to know who she was, or maybe she really was of no importance and he just used her as a model to paint.

 

 

I love the different textures Floris puts in this painting, from the soft

waves of her hair, the feathers in her head band even her skin, if looks so soft.

The texture of the crown however looks more like lace or cloth than meddle.

I do like the way he mixes the red in, her shirt, lips and the rube in her crown.

 He also put green bands in her hair to complement the red.

The side profile composition used was very common in this time period.

She seams very intent or focused on something and  I feel like an intruder.

She looks like a wealthy women, maybe even royalty, with the crown and the red colors.

 

Kings and Castles



    This is a painting from the fourteenth century, I feel like I could just walk into it. I like the
                                               whole castles, knights and kings theme.  

 

I found this painting by Lesley Harrison, I also found others,

 I love the character she gives her animals, you just fall in love with them:)