Famous Paintings

Sick Bacchus (Self-portrait as Bacchus), 1592/93 by Caravaggio

1. The light is coming from the left side, and looks like broad lighting

2. Because his whole left side is lit, I can use a tall window for natural light

3. Some grapes and (peaches?) and a crown made of leaves. 

4. I will need a white sheet to act as a toga

5. I can use my friend Olivia, as she has dark hair that we can tie up, or (if it works out) I can use my cousin who looks very similar to this. 

6. I will need a table and a dark background (I can probably use a black sheet) and I need to make sure the positioning of the body is correct.

7. The lighting will be hard, the background may be, and getting the toga to look good will be a challenge. 

*****This one depends on if I can get the location

Dancers Practicing at the Barre, 1877 by Degas

1. The lighting is coming from the right corner of the painting, because their shadows are casted a bit to the left. 

2. I can probably just use the lights already in the studio, because they are at the front wall. 

3. I will need a studio (duh) and a watering can. 

4. I will need 2 romantic-style ballet costumes (that I happen to already own, luckily enough), pointe shoes (also already own), and some black ribbon to use as chokers. 

5. My two friends who take ballet with me will be good models.

6. I need to make sure the poses of the models are accurate, and that I include the watering can in the photo. 

7. The location will be  hard because my studio is often having classes and I don't know if I will have the opportunity to be able to take the photo, and the costuming and shadows might be tricky. 

Camille (The Woman in the Green Dress), 1866 by Monet

1. The lighting looks like its coming from either the left side or front. 

2. I can use the same tall window I'll use in the first photo to recreate this one also. 

3. I will need a black background (I can probably use the same set as the first one)

4. My mom has a vintage green dress that looks very similar to this (what a coincidence), so I already have that taken care of. 

5. I will use my mom as the model.

6. I need to pose her correctly, and make sure the entire train of the dress is in the photo. 

7. Same with the first photo, the background and lighting may be hard, and posing the subject could pose a challenge.                         

If I am not able to use my dance studio to take the second pic, I will probably recreate this one 

     Kizette in Pink, 1926 by Lempicka