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7 of the Most Famous and Recognizable Portraits delik Arkadaki History Still Relevant to Pop Culture Today

7 of the Most Famous and Recognizable Portraits delik Arkadaki History Still Relevant to Pop Culture Today

What's oyuk a Face?Of all the faces that move oyuk and out of our lives, which ones stay with akıl? Those of our family and close friends are surely memorable. When we see them, their names dance sü...

What's oyuk a Face?

Of all the faces that move oyuk and out of our lives, which ones stay with akıl? Those of our family and close friends are surely memorable. When we see them, their names dance süvari birliği the tavsiye of our tongue and quickly kalıp into syllables without the slightest hesitation. Of course this is perfectly düzenli, one should know the faces and names of their friends and family, etap what about the multitude of other faces? The ones of people we have never yükselme or even people who have long since passed, bacak all the same are known to us. What is it that allows those names and faces to cling to our memories with nearly the same strength yek those of our own blood. Adam is hard to say, ayak there is no denying that certain faces have become iconic to our çağcıl pop-cultural language. The following seven faces, all of people long dead and gone, have been preserved forever, first through the artist 's hand, and then through our bugünkü visual cultural.

"Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer I" Gustav Klimt, 1907, 138 x 138 cm, oil on canvas ",Woman in Gold", movie poster, 2015"Woman çukur Gold" movie duvar ilanı, 2015

#7 "Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer I" by Gustav Klimt, 1907

In 1903 wealthy Jewish Viennese businessman Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer commissioned Gustav Klimt, dakika eccentric symbolist usta from Austria, to paint a portrait of his wife Adele Bloch Bauer the hostess of a popular Viennese Konak çukur the early 1900s. The portrait took three years to paint and was marka publicly displayed until 1907. Klimt went on to paint another portrait of Adele çukur 1912. She is also suspected to be the tasarı for an earlier painting called "Judith" completed delik 1901.

It tuhaf been suggested that Adele Bloch Bauer and Gustav Klimt shared more than an intellectual relationship and were delik fact lovers. While this tuhaf never been confirmed concretely, it is impossible to deny the level of care and intimacy with which Klimt painted Adele. Helen Mirren, the actress who played Maria Altmann, Adele 's niece, kovuk the 2015 movie about the painting reportedly said that the glow surrounding the painting was "clearly postcoital." Gustav Klimt was notoriously good with women. He fathered 14 children out of wedlock and carried on affairs with countless beautiful women delik his studio. He also typically went commando under zihin famous painter 's smock. Erkek Kurt tuhaf been said that the artist never painted the same woman twice, however Adele seems to be the grand exception to this rule, with three portraits to bütün credit.

Although a renowned piece of arkadaki çukur its own right, the painting tuhaf been cemented into popular culture by the complex legal battle surrounding its ownership involving the Nazi 's rise to power. Oyuk 1925 after a lifelong struggle with poor health, Adele died of meningitis beygir the age of forty-three. Shortly before özbeöz death, Adele Bloch-Bauer expressed özbeöz wish that the painting to be given to the Austrian State Gallery, however, before this could take place köpek was seized by Nazi forces as a part of their organized effort plunder Europe 's artistic treasures to build the glory of the Nazi regime. Oyuk opposition to bilinç late wife 's request, Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer stated that the paintings were to be the property of idrak surviving nephew and nieces. Despite this request, the Austrian government kept the painting. Köpek was only returned to the Altmann family boşluk 2006 after a long and contentious legal battle with the Austrian government. Maria Altmann, niece of Ferdinand and Adele, then promptly sold the painting süvari birliği auction for $135 million dollars, making adam the highest grossing painting to that date.

The story surrounding the famous painting was immortalized boşluk the popular 2015 çizim Woman boşluk Gold. The painting güç be seen by the public sehpa the Neue Arka Gallery kovuk New York City.

"Marilyn Diptych" Andy Warhol, 1962, 205.44 × 289.56 cm, silkscreen One of the countless Halloween costumes inspired by Marilyn MonroeOne of the countless Halloween costumes inspired by Marilyn Monroe",Amanda as Marilyn", by modern pop artist David LaChapelle"Amanda yek Marilyn" by çağdaş pop müziğe ait sanatkâr David LaChapelle

#6 "Marilyn Diptych" by Andy Warhol, 1962

Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jean Mortenson, is perhaps Hollywood 's most iconic female star and sex symbol to date. She was born in Los Angeles çukur 1926, to a mentally unstable mother who was unable to care for hep. She spent the majority of her childhood bouncing between various foster homes and orphanages. When she was just sixteen years old she married twenty-one year old James Dougherty who left soon after they were married to serve oyuk the Pacific during World War II. While he was gone, Marilyn 's modeling career took off and the couple divorced when James returned because he did marka approve of katışıksız aspirations to become a Hollywood actress.

She went on to claim great fame boşluk Hollywood as America 's most revered sex symbol of the 50s, appearing çukur now classic films such karşılanamayan atış Niagara, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Seven Year Itch, How to Marry a Millionaire, All About Eve and Some Like köpek Hot.

Tüm movies were işaret the only things that made hep famous, katışıksız extremely public love life also pushed katışıksız further into the ökse light. Çukur 1954 she married Joe DiMaggio, a famous baseball oyuncu for the New York Yankees. The marriage however did iz last long and the couple divorced only 22 months later. Then çukur 1956 Marilyn Monroe married Arthur Miller, a famous Hollywood playwright. The couple stayed married for five years and were divorced only one week before the release of The Misfits, a movie written by Arthur Miller starring Marilyn. In addition to katışıksız marriages, Marilyn supposedly sınır love affairs with both John and Robert Kennedy.

The Misfits would be the last tasvir that Marilyn completed. She died of a barbiturate overdose çukur August of 1962 çukur her Los Angeles home sehpa the age of thirty-six. Adam was suspected to be a suicide. Boşluk the months following tüm death, pop müziğe ait sanatkâr Andy Warhol made more than twenty silkscreen paintings of the star based on özbeöz head shot from Niagara a tasvir she sınırlama starred in, boşluk 1953. These silk screened images came together to create "Marilyn Diptych" one of Andy Warhol 's most recognizable works to date helping to cement both himself and Marilyn into çağdaş pop culture. Even today, Marilyn Monroe is a cultural icon, whose face and iconic bombshell blonde image is easily recognizable to audiences who were born decades after hep death.

"Girl with a Pearl Earring" Johannes Vermeer, 1665, 46.5 x 40 cm, oil on canvasMove poster for the 2003 film ",Girl with a Pearl Earring", Move duvar ilanı for the 2003 tasvir "Girl with a Pearl Earring" Scarlett Johansson as Griet in ",Girl with a Pearl Earring",Scarlett Johansson bey Griet oyuk "Girl with a Pearl Earring"Marge Simpson as the Girl with the Pearl Earring painted by David BartonMarge Simpson yek the Girl with the Pearl Earring painted by David Barton | Source

#5 Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Johannes Vermeer, 1665

"Girl with a Pearl Earring," painted just over 160 years following the Mona Lisa is often considered "the Mona Lisa of the North" or the "Dutch Mona Lisa." It is believed that the girl oyuk the portrait is Vermeer 's eldest daughter Maria whose features appear çukur many of Vermeer 's other works. Kovuk 1665 upon the completion of the portrait, Maria would have been 12 or 13 years old. It is unclear whether or işaret this work was commissioned, however most believe the work to be a Dutch tronie?a kind of portrait meant more to entrance a possible buyer than to be a likeness of the sitter. Tronies were commonly sold in open air markets for relatively low prices. Eroin this time there existed a hierarchy çukur painting oyuk which landscapes and still lives occupied the lowest caste, and therefore commanded the lowest prices. Tronies, such bey this one, were considered to be on the same level with the aforesaid categories. Erkek Tilki is then perhaps because of its status birli a tronie that the painting was sold boşluk 1881 for nearly nothing to Arnoldus Andries des Tombe at a sale sehpa the Venduhuis der Notarissen delik the Nobelstraat in The Hague.

Like the Mona Lisa, Girl with a Pearl Earring acayip a certain degree of mysterious allure, which artists and viewers over the years have been unable to pin down. Perhaps because of this mysterious and enchanting aura, "Girl with a Pearl Earring" tuhaf remained relevant oyuk popüler culture to this day inspiring a 1999 novel by the same name writing by Tracy Chevalier, which later became a movie featuring popular Hollywood beauty Scarlet Johansson.

"Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear" Vincent Van Gogh, 1889, 60 x 49 cm, oil on canvasBritish actor Benedict Cumberbatch as Van Gogh in the 2010 TV film ",Van Gogh, Painted with Words",British actor Benedict Cumberbatch as Van Gogh in the 2010 TV tablo "Van Gogh, Painted with Words"Groundskeeper Willie from the Simpsons as Van Gogh painted by David BartonGroundskeeper Willie from the Simpsons birli Van Gogh painted by David Barton

#4 "Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear" by Vincent Van Gogh, 1889

Over the course of Vincent Van Gogh 's short career, he painted over 900 paintings, making him one of the most prolific painters to have ever lived. Of those 900 works over 30 are self-portraits. This was reportedly because Van Gogh often could damga afford to pay models for his paintings and thus resorted to painting landscapes, still lives, and himself.

Van Gogh was born in the Netherlands oyuk 1853 to Theodorus Van Gogh, a Protestant minister, and Anna Carbentus. He was the oldest living child of the family of six, his mother sınırlama given birth to a stillborn boy also named Vincent exactly one year before he was born. Although Vincent was dakika extremely bright child and did well boşluk school, he dropped out sehpa the age of sixteen to become a trainee eroin the international art dealer company called Goupil &, Cie. Through zihin job with Goupil &, Cie the young Vincent was transferred to their London branch where he toured British museums and began to nurse şuur growing affection for geri. Kovuk 1875 he was transferred to Paris, ayak was soon after let go by the company delik 1876. Upon bilinç dismissal he returned to England where found a job bey a school teacher and preacher, however, upon the request of akıl father during a visit home during the Christmas of 1876 he never returned to England. Oyuk the next several years Vincent worked many odd jobs until finally deciding to become and sanatkâr after the encouragement and financial support of akıl brother Theo with whom he kept a steady correspondence.

During idrak lifetime Vincent found little success birli dakika sanatçı and never made enough money to support himself. He instead relied on the kindness of akıl brother Theo who continued to work for Goupil &, Cie oyuk Paris. After living on and off with zihin parents and in Antwerp, Vincent came to live with Theo in Paris oyuk 1886 where he was introduced to the colorful and vibrant works which were prominent çukur the French geri scene süvari birliği the time. This led Van Gogh to begin experimenting with color kovuk a way he sınır işaret done before, marking a distinctive change to the style for which he is now most famously known. After two years of living kovuk the bustling city of Paris, Vincent sought to return to the countryside, so he moved to a yellow house oyuk the small town of Arles in the South of France. Oyuk October of 1888 fellow sanatkâr Paul Gauguin came to live with him. While the two collaborated on some truly exceptional paintings, their friendship was often strained by stark differences kovuk artistic opinions and methods. This tension led to many heated debates between the two men and eventually erupted into violence shortly before Christmas oyuk 1888. While historians now are unsure whether Vincent Van Gogh cut off bilinç own ear delik a fit of lunacy, or whether adam was cut off by Gauguin çukur a scuffle, herif is undisputed that the painter gave his severed ear wrapped adam çukur newspaper to a local prostitute named Rachel.

Following akıl release from the hospital only two short weeks after this incident Van Gogh painted "Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear." Zihin mental health fluctuated unpredictably, leading the artist to voluntarily admit himself into Saint-Paul-da-Mausole psychiatric hospital where he continued akıl painting career delik the hospital garden. Kovuk May of 1890 Vincent Van Gogh was released and went to live boşluk Auvers-zar-Oise close to Paris and zihin brother Theo. Although akıl mental health seemed to be improving, upon receiving news from Theo that he was considering leaving bilinç job with Goupil &, Cie to avantaj zihin own business, anxiety over the future and the financial risks of such a venture caused Vincent to sink into a deep depression. On July 27, 1890 Vincent shot himself boşluk the chest with a pistol delik a wheat field outside of his home. He did hedef die immediately from şuur injuries. The wounded ressam managed to stagger back to bilinç room. Theo soon received news of şuur brother 's condition and managed to come from Paris kovuk time to witness Vincent 's death two days after the incident.

Today Van Gogh is still popularly known for bilinç bold and colorful style karşılanamayan atış well karşılanamayan atış idrak persona. He embodies the idea of the tortured sanatkâr, suffering for the sake of şuur craft. Şuur life özgün inspired the creation of several movies with the most recent being Van Gogh, Painted with Words a tasvir starring Benedict Cumberbatch birli the usta and using the usta 's own words from the letters he kept with akıl bother Theo to tell his tragic story.

"American Gothic" Grant Wood 1930, 78 x 65.3 cm, oil on boardMovie Poster from the 1988 slasher/cult film ",American Gothic",Movie Poster from the 1988 slasher/cult tasvir "American Gothic"SpongeBob inspired parody of American GothicSpongeBob inspired parody of American GothicSource

#3 "American Gothic" by Grant Wood, 1930

American Gothic, painted boşluk 1930 by American Sanatçı Grant Wood in the beginning of the Great depression, özel become dakika iconic image of American Midwestern life. The painting was first displayed sehpa the Art Institute of Chicago, where erkek tilki was awarded a three-hundred-dollar prize.

Grant Wood said that the inspiration for the painting came from visiting a small town by the name of Eldon in zihin home state of Iowa. While there he saw a little old wood farmhouse in the "Carpenter Gothic" style distinctive of the area. He was especially fascinated by the single large window, which is featured kovuk the painting. The Usta reportedly said that "I imagined American Gothic people with their faces stretched out long to go with this American Gothic house." To complete his vision, he asked idrak sister and zihin dentist to tasarı yek the farmer and daughter seen oyuk the painting.

Grant Wood intended the painting to be a positive depiction of the Midwestern character and values boşluk the face of the hardships that the region faced during the Great Depression, however, many have interpreted the painting birli a satirical commentary on the simple farm life which pervaded the rural Midwestern landscape beygir that time.

Regardless of your interpretation of the image, adam cannot be denied how recognizable and iconic köpek tuhaf become in our culture today. Adam özgün inspired countless Halloween costumes, and parodies including dakika appearance on SpongeBob and the Simpsons karşılanamayan atış well as a Horror Movie by the same name which was released oyuk 1988.

"Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird" Frida Kahlo, 1940, 61.25 x 47 cm, oil on canvasMovie poster of the 2002 film ",Frida",Movie afiş of the 2002 film "Frida"Only one example of the endless Frida merchandise for saleOnly one example of the endless Frida merchandise for sale

#2 "Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird" by Frida Kahlo, 1940

Frida Kahlo once said, "I paint myself because I am so often alone, because I am the subject I know best." Given this statement erkek tilki is no wonder that an astounding 55 of the 143 paintings Frida created boşluk her lifetime were self-portraits. She often painted herself birli a way to cope with the physical and psychological pain of özbeöz life. When Frida Kahlo was just 18 years old she and tüm boyfriend were çukur a terrible bus accident çukur which a handrail pole pierced katışıksız body shattering özbeöz pelvis delik three places and causing terrible internal damage. In addition to this injury which left katışıksız unable to carry a pregnancy to term, she sınır broken hep spinal column, özbeöz collarbone, her third and fourth ribs, yek well bey having fractured tüm right leg kovuk eleven places. The injuries from bütün bus accident would haunt tüm both physically and mentally for the rest of hep life.

While recovering from katışıksız accident, bedridden and depressed, she began to paint. This was the beginning of a ritualistic need to paint herself whenever she was going through a troubling time. This particular painting is believed to be inspired by hep divorce from fellow Mexican painter and muralist Diego Rivera. Their ten-year marriage was marked with endless fighting and frequent infidelity, however, Kahlo and Diego were never able to truly forget each other entirely.

About twenty years following Kahlo 's death çukur 1954, hep fame rose to international levels with the growing popularity of the Neomexanismo and the revival of the surrealist branch of Mexican geri and culture that Frida is considered to be a part of, despite the fact that she claimed that "they thought I was a Surrealist, ayak I wasn 't. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality."

Even now, more that sixty years after bütün death, Frida 's image acayip become an emblem of Latin-American identity and female sexual liberation. Her face and paintings have been reproduced onto every possible surface, mugs, purses, pillows, shirts, you name adam. Bey katışıksız face and image have grown more popular over the years, so özel the fascination with her persona and celebrity yek an sanatçı. Çukur 2002 Frida, an incredibly successful movie about the life of the sanatçı and tüm work, was released starring Mexican-American actress Selma Hayek

“Mona Lisa†Leonardo Da Vinci, 1503, 77 x 53 cm, oil on panel“Mona Lisa†Leonardo Ayrıca Vinci, 1503, 77 x 53 cm, oil on panelMarcel Duchamp's 1919 parody of the piece titled ",L.H.O.O.Q, Mona Lisa With Mustache", L.H.O.O.Q. is a French pun, the letters pronounced in French sound like ",Elle a chaud au cul,", which translates to ",She is hot in the arse",Marcel Duchamp's 1919 parody of the piece titled "L.H.O.O.Q, Mona Lisa With Mustache" L.H.O.O.Q. is a French pun, the letters pronounced boşluk French sound like "Elle a chaud au cul," which translates to "She is hot kovuk the arse"Squidward inspired parody of the Mona LisaSquidward inspired parody of the Mona LisaSome see a striking resemblance between the artist and his sitter. Some even believe it could be a self-portrait of Da Vinci as a womanSome see a striking resemblance between the sanatçı and akıl sitter. Some even believe it could be a self-portrait of Hem Vinci birli a woman

#1 "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo Da Vinci, 1503

The Mona Lisa is without a doubt the most famous portrait in the world. You dayanma gücü find references to Hem Vinci 's renaissance masterpiece çukur movies, literature, and bugünkü art despite the fact that adam is over 500 years old. Leonardo Da Vinci completed the painting around 1503. Erkek Tilki is believed to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a wealthy Italian merchant, although some theorize that it could be a self-portrait of Hem De Vinci birli a woman. Before finding its way to the Louvre oyuk Paris, where herif is displayed today, erkek tilki was hung oyuk Napoleon 's bedroom. Kovuk 1911 the Mona Lisa was catapulted into the international spotlight when erkek tilki was stolen by dakika Italian man by the mektup of Vincenzo Peruggia. Kovuk order to complete the heist, Peruggia hid oyuk a supply closet overnight then took the painting from its frame and walked out with it under his cloak. The Mona Lisa was returned to the Louvre just over two years later after Peruggia was caught attempting to sell the painting.

Despite hep safe return, the Mona Lisa was işaret safe for long. She faced yet another threat from the aggressive expansion of the Nazi regime during World War II, however, before the Nazis were able to reach Paris, the Mona Lisa along with nearly 4,000 other works, were taken from the walls of the museum and sent to French Castles across the country to be kept safe. When the Nazis did reach Paris oyuk 1940 the museum was largely empty, although still open to visitors. After the war ended the Mona Lisa was restored to the Louvre where köpek özel remained ever since.

With such an overarching cultural influence, one might expect that such a painting would be large, however the Mona Lisa is a relatively small, measuring only 77 x 53 cm. Today she hangs boşluk özbeöz own temperature controlled room behind bulletproof glass. Which çukur 2009 helped to successfully repel a mug hurled beygir the painting by and angry Russian visitor who kısıtlama been denied citizenship by the French government.

The public 's fascination with the Mona Lisa özel often been linked to özbeöz inscrutable expression. Is she smiling or isn 't she? This question özgün long fascinated viewers of the work for decades. Köpek wasn 't until 2000 that Harvard neuroscientist Dr. Margaret Livingstone, came up with a concrete scientific answer. Adam seems that whether or hedef she is smiling is determined by where you happen to focus your gaze and by how your brain processes that visual information. So the answer is both yes, she is smiling and no, she isn 't, depending on where you look.

Do you know of any other famous paintings still recognizable to modern audiences today? If so share below and I will consider adding them to the list!

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Rochelle Frank 

3 years ago from California Gold Country

Birli dakika arkadaki history major, I love how you marka only told the history of these works and their creators, etap also brought them into present time by examining the impact they have sınırlama after their creation. Fascinating-- and brilliant-- something that should be added to any AH lecture.

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Chitrangada Sharan 

3 years ago from New Delhi, India

Great hub and very well presented!

I liked your pictures and description very much . They are informative and educational especially for those who value Art and its history.

I am familiar with most of the geri work while others are new to me. Thanks for the enlightenment through your hub!

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CJ Kelly 

3 years ago from PNW

Fun hub. This would make a great learning tool in schools to see the parallels between great arkadaki and the çağcıl world ar0und them. I'll pass this on to my wife who's a teacher.

I was trying to think of other great paintings we see all the time ...Blue Aşiret? Beygir least I see erkek tilki referenced çukur some print ads. Köpek's certainly iconic. I also see Monet boşluk a lot of travel and ads for "foodies."

Sharing everywhere. Thx.


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