Friday, May 20, 2011

Perceptions of Beauty

Artist Nazareno alters classic works of art to match today's perception of beauty.
Nazaereno modified the paintings to include large, wide-set eyes, upturned nose, pouty lips, and large(r) breasts.


Which do you prefer? Before or After?



Venus of Urbino by Titian


Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci


Grande Odalisque by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres




Lady with a Squirrel by Hans Holbein


Anne of Cleves by Hans Holbein


La Maddalena Penitente by Francesco Hayez


Portrait of a Woman by Robert Campin


The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli

2 comments:

  1. Why the hell did he changed the colors, the perception thus is also altered.

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  2. All the faces are positively pinched! & I've never liked the no-hips look of super-model/starlet-type women; there's something psychologically *very wrong* about that.

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