Distinguished, discreet, mysterious, princely, disturbing, rebellious, sparse, unruly, red, long, trimmed ...

3. Distinguished, discreet, mysterious, princely, disturbing, rebellious, sparse, unruly, red, long, trimmed ...

4. Beards and moustaches
in European paintings

5. the vegan beard ...
the role of the headdress is played by a pumpkin with a protruding stem,
the leaves of the grapes form a lush crown
the role of hairstyles play pears, peaches, cherries, grapes,
a large mushroom is an ear,
ripe bursting figs an earring
the beard are imitated with the help of cereals: ears of wheat and panicles
of golden millet
and
even the moustache is a fetus: a partially revealed ripe peel of an edible
chestnut
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Autumn
L'Automne
1573
Musée du Louvre, Paris

7. A shaven beard around the mouth ...
an remarkably lifelike portrayal in astonishing details,
sensitive mouth, neither the slightest hair, nor the slightest detail of the beard
is neglected.
(This man wears a hooded white robe. Contrary to the standard practices
of the monks, he is not tonsured, and is bearded. It is therefore a lay brother
or converse in the Carthusian Order.)
Petrus Christus
Portrait of a Carthusian
Portrait of a Chartreux
1446
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City

10. a lawyer
a signet ring,
a dress with black and yellow stripes
tightly bundled hair
and
Germanic pleated beard and moustache
Lucas Cranach the Elder, Lucas Cranach l'Ancien
Lukas Spielhausen
Portrait de Lukas Spielhausen
1532
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City

13. Bearded selfie
looking at the viewer as if to say
"Here are the wonders of Rome!”
(and the small figure of the artist
himself drawing the immense ruins
of the great amphitheatre)
Maerten van Heemskerc
Self-portrait, with the Colosseum, Rome
Autoportrait au Colisée
1553
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

16. Looking straight ahead …
an perfect symmetry of hair long, slightly curly in a golden-brown color
and of the short beard
A different, fascinating, intriguing and almost disturbing self-portrait
“I, Albrecht Dürer of Nuremberg, made an image of myself in
appropriate (everlasting) colors in my 28th year.”
Albrecht Dürer
Self-Portrait or Self-Portrait at Twenty-Eight
Autoportrait ou Autoportrait à vingt-huit ans, portant un manteau avec col en
fourrure
1500
Alte Pinakothek, Munich

19. The diplomatic moustache ...
two globes (one terrestrial and one celestial),
a shepherd's dial, a quadrant, a torquetum,
and a polyhedral sundial
an carpet on the upper shelf,
open books and symbols of religious knowledge,
a crucifix,
anamorphic skull
and
two powerful of the Kingdom of France,
two accomplished men in the prime of life,
who hold in their hands the essential
of the French diplomacy of the moment
Hans Holbein
The Ambassadors
Les Ambassadeurs
1533
National Gallery, London

24. A Caterpillar moustache ...
one of the most fascinating personalities of medieval history,
a national and Christian hero who bravely fought against the invading
Turkish infidels,
a bloody tyrant,
a romantic vampire for writers and filmmakers
Anonymous
Portrait of Vlad III the Impaler, Vlad Ţepeş, the Impaler, Prince of Wallachia
Portrait de Vlad III Țepeș, Vlad III l'Empaleur, prince de Valachie
16th century
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie.
Current location Ambras castle bei Innsbruck, Exposé au château d'Ambras

27. Royal hair …
Greek mythology and political propaganda of the monarchy:
the Hydra of Lerna
and
the French King Henry IV as Hercules
an athletic body evoking the youth of heroes
and
a bleached beard showing the imprint of the old king's age
Anonyme français, Anonymous, École de Toussaint Dubreuil,
Circle of Toussaint Dubreuil
Henri IV en Hercule terrassant l'hydre de Lerne, c'est-à-dire la Ligue
Portrait of Henry IV as Hercules Slaying the Lernaean Hydra
1600
Musée du Louvre, Paris

30. red vestments of a cardinal,
an open book
gaunt features,
and
long white beard of a penitent
... the two aspects of Saint Jerome, the scholarly and the ascetic
El Greco
Saint Jerome
Saint Jérôme
1609
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City

33. a cup of wine,
a bunch of wine
an excessive and rude sensuality,
a lustful look
horns of goat,
mischievous eyes
and
disturbing beard
Peter Paul Rubens
Two Satyrs
Deux satyres
1618-1619
Alte Pinakothek , Munich

36. a unique vitality,
a confident pose,
a charming swagger
a huge frilly ruff, a large black hat
and
a flamboyant upward turned moustache and tiny point of a beard
Frans Hals
Laughing Cavalier
Le Cavalier riant
1624
Wallace Collection, London

39. How many beards,
how many moustaches? ...
How many ruffs ?
And how many muscles
and nerves in the flayed arm ...
Rembrandt
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
La Leçon d'anatomie du docteur Nicolaes Tulp
1632
Mauritshuis, The Hague

42. Infanta Margaret Theresa,
two ladies-in-waiting, or meninas,
two dwarfs, a sleepy mastiff,
the princess's chaperone,
an unidentified bodyguard (or guardadamas),
the queen's chamberlain,
Queen Mariana, King Philip IV
and
Velázquez himself with brush in hand
and
with that rare mustache that Salvador Dalí has adopted in imitation
Diego Velázquez
Las Meninas
1656
Museo del Prado, Madrid

46. an postman, nearly two meters tall,
blue uniform adorned with gold
and
an awesome beard ... like the swirls of Starry Night
Vincent Van Gogh
Portrait de Joseph Roulin
Portrait of Joseph Roulin
1889
The Museum of Modern Art, New York City

49. A moustache almost in profile ...
a hero haloed like a saint and surrounded by the elements of condemnation,
a satanic-looking face, drowned in the saturation of yellow
Paul Gauguin
Autoportrait-charge, ou Autoportrait au nimbe
Self-Portrait with Halo
1889
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

52. An almost melancholic moustache …
Dr. Gachet sitting at a table with his head bent and resting on his right arm
and
a purple foxglove
Vincent Van Gogh
Portrait du docteur Gachet
Portrait of Dr. Gachet
1890
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

55. A artistic moustache ...
a fellow artist,
one eye ... Modigliani: “we look at the world with one eye and
with the other, we look inside ourselves”.
Amedeo Modigliani
Portrait of the Artist Léopold Survage
Portrait de l'artiste Léopold Survage
1918
Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki

58. An almighty moustache ...
a valued part of her personal identity,
a complex relationship with her androgyny
a strange and alluring beauty,
“.. I have the moustache and in general the face of the opposite sex.”
Frida Kahlo
Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird
Autoportrait au collier d'épines et colibri
1940
Harry Ransom Center, Austin

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