SILHOUETTE ART HISTORY 18 TH CENTURY IS THE BEGINNING
Jun 19, 2015
SILHOUETTE ART HISTORY
18TH CENTURY IS THE BEGINNING
THERE ARE MANY FAMOUS
PAINTERS FROM THE 18TH
CENTURY .
THE ROYAL FAMILIES
COMISSIONED THESE
ARTISTS TO PAINT
PORTRAITS OF EACH FAMILY
MEMBER, INCLUDING PETS,
AT HIGH COSTS.
OIL PAINTINGS
AS EARLY AS THE
15TH CENTURY, THERE
ARE MINIATURE
PORTRAITS FOUND
AND ARTWORK EVEN
WORN AS JEWELRY.
AN EXAMPLE OF
THE KINGS DOG
PAINTED ON A
HUGE CANVAS
HANGING IN THE
PALACE.
ENTIENNE SILHOUETTE ~ WAS
THE MINISTER OF FINANCE IN
FRANCE, IN THE 18TH CENTURY.
HE WAS CONSIDERED A
CHEAPSKATE AND LOVED TAXING
THE POOR.
WHEN HE LEFT HIS POSITION
AND RETIRED, HE DECORATED HIS
HOME WITH HAND MADE PAPER
CUTTINGS OR CUT OUTS.
THE FRENCH MADE FUN OF THIS
CHEAP DÉCOR, THUS THE
NICKNAME SILHOUETTE’S.
ONLY THE RICH ~INTRO TO SILHOUET TE
THE ARISTOCRACY IN
EUROPE AND ESPECIALLY
FRANCE WERE ATTENDING
LAVISH BALLS AND
CEREMONIES BEGAN HAVING
THESE CUT- OUTS OF THEIR
PROFILES ( SILHOUETTES)
SHOWING OFF THE LATEST IN
FASHIONS AND ELABORATE
WIGS.
IN EUROPE 1700’S
MEANWHILE, THE
COMMONERS WERE
STARVING AND SUFFERING
AT THE HANDS OF THE
EXTRAORDINARY TAXES
THAT CREATED THE
POVERTY, BY THE FINANCE
MINISTER ,ENTIENNE
SILHOUETTE.
THIS ART FORM OF
SILHOUETTING BECAME THE
RAGE DUE TO THE
AFFORDABILITY OF A CUT OUT
VERSUS AN OIL PAINTING.
MANY SILHOUETTERS
MOVED TO AMERICA AND
WERE HIRED TO CUT OUT
PROFILES OF THE WEALTHY.
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
LATER IT BECAME
ACCESSIBLE BY COMMONERS
TO HAVE A CUT- OUTS OF EACH
FAMILY MEMBER AND EVEN
THE FAMILY PET.
MY SISTER AND I HAVE
SILHOUETTES FROM WHEN WE
WERE LITTLE. HAVE YOU SEEN
ONE IN YOUR HOME OR
GRANDPARENTS HOME?
CLASS PROJECT
CREATE OUR OWN
SILHOUETTE WITH A
HALLOWEEN TWIST.
T O B E G I N … …
DRAW YOUR PICTURE WITH A PENCIL
NEXT PAINT THE BACKGROUND WITH
WATERCOLOR PAINT
NEXT USE THE SHARPIES TO DARKEN OR MAKE
YOUR SILHOUETTE.