#bgclassic

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‘American Gothic’ - Grant Wood

I find this image really captivating. The couple have such stern faces, and seem to me to be in a strict religion of some sort. When i see images such as this, it makes me instantly think of story lines which I believe fit the image. It could almost be a late 60s photograph as it’s very realistic.

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Varaha

I found this image in a book I was skimming through in a charity shop and found it really interesting. I like the fact I don’t know the story behind it and that to me it seems slightly random. 

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‘Kichijoten’ - unknown

 I’ve always enjoyed Chinese, Japanese, Indian and Buddhist art as a whole. I love this image, I don’t know where its from or who the artist was but I think that adds to the authenticity. The texture of the image gives me the feel its very old and I like the subtle warm colours used. The ring around the ladies head also interests me and have been using similar techniques in my personal project to create focal points.

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‘Triumph of death’ - unknown

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Jean Fouquette

I like the strangeness of the fact the woman is looking down at her one single breast that has popped out and the fact there both very very pale. I also don’t know why there is red cherubs lurking around the subjects in the centre.