British Fine Artist
The word Vogue actually means ‘wave of success’ from the old French word voguer meaning to set sail. You can say the word Vogue virtually to anyone, anywhere in the world – but they won’t be thinking of sailboats! ⛵️
So, I’ve been putting the Pose in Posie as I sail through my new reading material. From WW2 to Covid-19, the history of Vogue has been chronicled against the backdrop of an extraordinary century of change. Well-researched and a joy to read.
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Renaissance art easily conjures mental imagery of both religious and erotic figures. Either heavily robed and demure, or athletic and provocatively nude. However, deeper symbolism can be missed by the most avid museum goer or gallery fiend.
As viewers, we are being primed in believing we can be divine while living vicariously through the divine beings. Identifying the Renaissance as a time of the greatest art acknowledges biblical art as the most influential. Whether blasphemous or erotic doesn’t diminish the fact that it is eternally provocative.
Posie Lombardi Rodriguez