Context

Three historical artworks are used in the project: William-Adolphe Bougereau’s The Birth of Venus, John William Waterhouse’s Ophelia, and John Singer Sargent’s Portrait of Madame X. All three works are from roughly the same time period and portray very beautiful, idealized women, from mythological and literary context (the first two) or from high society (the third one). There is no particular reason why I chose these three paintings, besides that they look good, and perhaps because the women have different origins. My style and approach come from the sum of my experience with and exposure to art and media, as well as my personal aesthetic taste/sense, and do not actively seek to emulate any major artist or art movement in particular. I will, however, say that the color palette is influenced by a certain digital artist.