Friday, 17 October 2014

Is This Elizabethan Beauty?

I think this portrait represents Elizabethan beauty. It encompasses all of the beauty ideals such as the pale skin, flushed cheeks, pink lips, high forehead and strawberry blonde hair. I like the portrait as it looks very decadent and the use of gold in the clothing is very beautiful and ornate. This portrait is relevant to my project as it showcases well all of the aspects of perceived beauty in the Elizabethan era which I have been learning about. I think that the painting has been done in oils onto a canvas or panel, and was created in 1600 as a copy of the 1559 lost original, however the artist is sadly unknown.
Queen Elizabeth I 'The Coronation Portrait'
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp01452/queen-elizabeth-i

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