By Sascha June 26th, 2008
Tags: Édouard Manet, Mark Ryden, Olympia
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June 27th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
The first thing I think of when looking at the artwork above is Manets’ Olympia. The way the girl is positioned, her expression, the christ figure in the background holding the dog, the animals on the bed… all can be compared to the elements displayed in Manets’ famous renaissance artwork.
I love the detail in Mark Ryden’s artwork, the fact that the viewer is drawn into this mysterious world loaded in signifiers where sexual and religious connotations conflict with the innocent colours and toys.
Very very cool.
July 15th, 2008 at 9:34 am
For those of you (incl myself) who are not aware of Édouard Manet - Olympia here is a link to the artwork and to some information: http://www.signatureillustration.org/illustration-blog/2008/07/olympia-by-edouard-manet/