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75 BCE
Head of Roman patrician
This sculpture was made during the roman imperial times. The sculpture is a Roman patrician's head, with exaggerated wrinkles and facial features to convey the struggles the person has faced to the viewer. -
1503
Mona Lisa
Painted by Leonardo da Vinci, this portrait is the most well known painting in the world. It depicts Lisa Gherardini, wife of wealthy Francesco del Giocondo. This is the most famous painting because hides an optical illusion aka 'the mysterious smile'. The illusion is caused due to peripheral vision as the focus of the viewer shifts from the eyes of the portrait to the lips of the portrait. -
Rembrandt
Rembrandt was a self portrait painter, spanning from his years as a young adult to his elderly days. In his younger days, he portraits, he painted himself as a young handsome man, but later in life, made himself as a wise elder. -
Self portrait with bandaged ear
This self portrait by Van Gogh depicts himself after returning from the hospital for cutting off his own ear. He uses a painting technique called impasto, which means the paint is applied so thickly that the brush strokes are visible, which you can see in his painting here. -
Self portrait with Thorn necklace and hummingbird
Frida Kahlo was an artist who wasnt afraid of showing her struggles through her paintings. This Self portrait shows her sadness in divorce and the general bad luck in her life. -
Marylin Diptych
Marilyn Diptych is a commemorative portrait of Marilyn Monroe, but is very different than most. It is shaped as a diptych, which was mostly for religious, referencing how our society had worshiped her like a god, and the multiple images, representing her image seemingly everywhere we look in our daily lives. -
Kehinde Wiley
Kehinde Wiley is a prime example of how much portraiture has changed with our society. Wiley uses old portraits that are of white Europeans, and uses a young African american to recreate them.
