Odalisque I

Yes I know it's been done before, but I wanted to have a go!!

 

The interesting thing is that my model was totally incapable of replicating the pose used by Ingre's model - her left leg just would not stretch.

 

My theory is that Ingres painted his Odalisque in three sections - he worked left to right and used a camera-lucida. This explains why the back is stretched, the right arm elongated and the left leg so impossibly positioned.

 

C&C welcome. Cheers. Don

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Here's the original by Ingres - though the colour cast is quite awful!

what ever you tried here yo still achieved a great big well done. I think that this is stunning. Congrats

 

Rob

..thanks for your effusive commments! Keep 'em coming. Cheers. Don.

Now that you mention it, the left leg in Ingres's image can't actually be attached to the hip. The line of the thigh seems to point to her abdomen. It's convincing until you start to actually think about it. A pre-digital Photoshopping.