So today in my art history class we're studying two paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, one of them called "Ginevra de' Benci" and the other called "Lady with an Ermine".
The former being a portrait of a 17 year old lady that is supposed to be a hax poet married to this rich dude and she is depicted as a young lady with ... middle class looking clothes with a bored/dreamy/hazey face.
Then the latter being a lady in early twenties assumingly, and holding an Ermine (which is supposed to represent ... something.. rich or something) wearing fancy clothes, with a smirk on her face and wearing a veil = chastity.
K whatelavblahblah.
The thing is that basically everyone in the class thinks the latter is a better painting because of her modesty in trying to humble in her fancy, yet not over the top clothes without hardcore jewellery with a gentie smile. Whereas Ginevra looks like a wannabe looking poor with her dull clothes and a "I dont give a shit" boring face.
Yet i dunno if i'm the only one who thinks this but i think Ginevra looks way more better than Cecilia(the name of the lady of the ermine) because she looks natural with her bored face, and she can purely be acting out of piety to not stand out with fancy clothes. Whereas that Cecilia looks like a wannabe modest and humble with her smirk and a "i know i'm rich but i don't want to look that rich ermine". Seriously, she looks evil and hardly kind looking.
But is it me who thinks this way or others are just... trusty?
I mean are you supposed to believe that person is actually what they are just by first impression? Hardly. Such façade. If humans are just simply what they appear as there won't be war cos the noobfucks will be long dead before they grow up.
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