da Vinci portrait of Ginevra
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The Florentine painter Leonardo da Vinci painted his portrait of Ginevra dei Benci around 1475. It was a portrayal of a young, wealthy woman who was set against an idealized landscape. The American painter John Singleton Copley painted his portrait of a Boston silversmith named Paul Revere in 1768. Paul Revere was to become famous as a hero in the American Revolutionary War. But, his participation in events such as the Boston Tea Party, came a few years after this picture was painted. Copley portrayed a man who was a prominent local artisan, and he portrayed him in the context of his work. A comparison of the two works reveals a great deal about the differences in the nature of Renaissance society in Florence and the society of Colonial Boston, as well as the manner in which the artists incorporated the values of their societies into their portraits. Leonardo's portrait presents Ginevra simply as a pretty woman. The picture does not offer any clues about her personality or her behavior, except what is visible on her face. But several other facts give a great deal of indirect information about Ginevra. The portrait was painted for private use, but was intended to make a statement to the world at large. But that world was the limited one that consisted of the small number of people at the same social level as the Benci family. In this sense, the portrait confirmed the family's ability to afford such a portrait, their good taste in choosing an admired painter, and
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t is a break from the past as well. It shows him at his work. He sits in his vest and shirt, not dressed for a formal portrait, but for work. By showing him 'at work,' the painting demonstrates Revere's pride in his skills and his accomplishments. In a society where he was designing and manufacturing products for the wealthy, Revere's demonstration of his own status and culture--clearly linked to his craft--could have served as a type of advertisement. But, this painting too was designed for private use. Thus, while it may have functioned in a limited way as a means of boasting about his attainments, it was also a means by which Revere could confirm to himself, the height he had reached in his profession. He could be reminded of the fact that all this was the result of his own efforts in exploiting his talents. The differences between the two paintings are the differences between the portrait in an aristocratic society, and in an emerging democracy.
The English painter John Constable painted his view of Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Garden in 1823. The Bulgarian environmental artist Christo mounted his The Umbrellas project in Japan and California in 1984-1991. The two works form a startling contrast between th
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