Lovely.

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excellent

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Fine scene and pose.

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Quite the departure from the 18th and 19th century naturalistic style of Helene Schjerfbeck. shows what the ..modern culture expectations, experiences are..like and favorite...well that's my interpretation...great image fantastic work..!!

The original painting is the portrait of a schoolgirl. This one is represented with restraint, her body hidden in the sobriety of her dark outfit without ostentation, her hands wisely placed like a barrier. She looks off-screen at the painter who represents her, she does not address us, spectators. We imagine her then, her mind focused on her studies and the seriousness, the dignity that her education brings her. By contrast, the young teenager of today seems to take more passion in studying herself than her environment (here, the knowledge presented by the museum). The baroque exuberance of the colors, patterns and slogans she wears accentuates the superficiality attached to her appearance. Of course, this simplistic Manichaeism is still a decoy: this image is built on a double vanity, because the life that we attribute to Schjerfbeck's schoolgirl is no less caricatural in its asceticism. I would add that, on the contrary, the young teenager is facing us, thus taking the risk of meeting our disapproving gaze, and accepting a comment. Finally, the holding of her phone aligns with the verticality of the painting, suggesting an exchange of glances between the two characters, the schoolgirl perhaps not being the less envious of the two. These two eras are juxtaposed, without us being able to really judge which would be our preference.

Many thanks for the insightful explanation....and taken the time to do so...

You're welcome. It's always a pleasure :)

I like this a lot. I looked up Helene Schjerfbeck and found she did a number of self portraits. Knowing this, I looked at the girl doing a selfie and considered how easy it is for anyone to do a self portrait and of how little artistic value it is having not been refined and distilled by the mind of an artist and merely produced by the mechanism of a phone camera. I liked the image by Helene that seemed to be observing this process and how distilled to basic shapes and colors it was in comparison to the modern garb of the selfie girl. As always, thank you for sharing something that was a feast for the eyes as well as my mind. <3

Molly

Thank you very much dear Molly

Vanitas vanitatis...

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