Beauty Revealed

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((40 летние сиськи почти первой свежести
"her breasts seem younger, with a "balance, paleness, and buoyancy"))
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Среди наиболее интересных и личных работ Гудридж есть миниатюрный портрет её собственной обнаженной груди, который называется «Раскрытая красота[en]» (англ. Beauty Revealed, 1828)

Сара Гудридж (англ. Sarah Goodridge, также известна как англ. Sarah Goodrich[5], 5 февраля 1788 — 28 декабря 1853) — американская художница, работавшая в жанре портретной миниатюры. Старшая сестра художницы Элизабет Гудридж.
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dok_zlo12 августа 2023, 22:00
Это американская художница Сара Гудридж, которая нарисовала портрет собственной груди и отправила его юристу и политику Дэниелу Вебстеру, он в то время как раз недавно овдовел.

Это считается самым ранним случаем отправки нюдса(?) в истории... Отношения у них потом так и не сложились. Но свои портреты он у неё заказывал.
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Description and context

Beauty Revealed is a self-portrait by Sarah Goodridge, depicting her bared breasts,[2] pink nipples,[1] and a beauty mark.[3] These are presented in a gradation of color, giving a three-dimensional effect.[1] Although Goodridge was aged forty when she painted this miniature, according to art critic Chris Packard her breasts seem younger, with a "balance, paleness, and buoyancy" which is imbued in part by the harmony of light, color, and balance.[1] The breasts are framed by a swirl of pale cloth, which in parts reflects the light.[1][3]

The 6.7-by-8-centimeter (2.6 by 3.1 in) painting is set in a case;[4] it had originally been installed on a paper backing which had the date "1828" on the reverse.[5] The work is a watercolor painting on ivory,[6] thin enough for light to shine through and thus allow the depicted breasts to "glow".[1] This medium was common for American miniatures,[7] but in this case also served as a simile for the flesh presented upon it.[3]

Beauty Revealed was completed during a period of popularity of portrait miniatures, a medium which had been introduced in the United States in the late 18th century. By the time Goodridge completed her self-portrait, miniatures were increasing in complexity and vibrance.[7] The Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History describes Beauty Revealed as a play on the eye miniatures which were then popular as tokens of affection in England and France, but not common in the United States.[6][8] Such miniatures allowed portraits of loved ones to be carried by their suitors without revealing the sitters' identities.[8]

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Goodridge completed Beauty Revealed in 1828, likely from looking at herself in a mirror. Several works have been cited as possible inspirations, including John Vanderlyn's Ariadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos[9] and Horatio Greenough's sculpture Venus Victrix.[1] Goodridge sent her portrait to Webster when he was a new widower,[3][6] and, based on its miniature format, it was likely intended for his eyes alone.[1] The American art critic John Updike suggests that the artist intended it to offer herself to Webster; he writes that the bared breasts appear to say "We are yours for the taking, in all our ivory loveliness, with our tenderly stippled nipples".[10] Ultimately, however, Webster married another, wealthier woman.[3]

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Art historian Dale Johnson described Beauty Revealed as "strikingly realistic", demonstrative of Goodridge's ability to portray nuanced lights and shadows. She found the stippling and hatching used in creating the painting to be delicate.[8] Writing in Antiques in 2012, Randall L. Holton and Charles A. Gilday said that the painting continued to present a self that evokes a "frisson of erotic possibility".[9]

Packard wrote that Beauty Revealed served as a sort of visual synecdoche, representing the entirety of Goodridge through her breasts. As opposed to the "burdened" 1845 self-portrait and the non-eroticized one of 1830, he found Beauty Revealed to forefront Goodridge and her demand for attention. Arguing that the clothing surrounding her breasts served to indicate a performance (similar to the curtains of vaudeville), Packard described the viewer's eyes being focused on the breasts, while the rest of Goodridge's body was erased and abstracted.[1] This, he stated, challenged the assumptions and stereotypes regarding the demure, homebound 19th-century woman.[1]

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Descripción y contexto

Belleza revelada es un autorretrato realizado por Sarah Goodridge, que se representa a sí misma por unos pechos al descubierto,4​ con pezones rosados,1​ en uno de los cuales se aprecia una peca o también llamada «marca de belleza».5​ Están pintados con una sutil gradación del color, con lo que se consigue un efecto tridimensional.1​ A pesar de que Goodridge tenía cuarenta años cuando pintó esta miniatura, de acuerdo con la crítica de arte Chris Packard sus pechos parecen más jóvenes, con un «equilibrio, palidez, y flotabilidad», que está imbuida, en parte, por la armonía de la luz, el color, y el equilibrio que la artista puso en su realización.1​ Los senos están enmarcados por un tejido de color pálido, que refleja la luz.1​5​

La pintura de 6,7 x 8 cm,6​ originariamente había sido instalada en un soporte de papel que tenía la fecha de «1828» marcada en el reverso.2​ El trabajo es una pintura de acuarela sobre marfil,7​ lo suficientemente delgada para que la luz brille a través y por lo tanto permitir que los pechos representados tengan «resplandor».1​ Este medio era común para las miniaturas americanas,8​ pero en este caso también sirvió como un símil para la carne representada sobre el marfil.5​

La obra se finalizó durante un período de gran popularidad de los retratos en miniatura, un medio que había sido introducido en los Estados Unidos a finales del siglo XVIII. En el momento en que Goodridge completó su autorretrato, estaban aumentando en complejidad y viveza.8​ El Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History describe la Belleza revelada como un juego de las «miniaturas de ojos» que eran entonces populares como muestras de afecto en Inglaterra y Francia, pero no común en los Estados Unidos.7​9​ Estas miniaturas de ojos permitían llevar retratos en miniatura -de los ojos- de seres queridos por sus pretendientes sin revelar la identidad de los retratados.9​