Ophelia, 1872 - oil on canvas
— Jean-Baptiste Bertrand (France, 1823–1887)
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Jean-Baptiste Bertrand - A young beauty
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Jean-Baptiste Bertrand - Ophelia (1872)
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Ophelia (Jean-Baptiste Bertrand, 1871)
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"Ophélie" by Jean-Baptiste Bertrand, 1867
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Ophelia, Jean-Babtiste Bertrand, 1872 / Saltburn (2023) dir. Emerald Fennell
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Vassili Mate, after a painting by Jean-Baptiste Bertrand - Romeo and Juliet.
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“Atys” at Assemblee Nationale. Photo by Laurent Edeline
Through Trompe L’oeil Bronze, Prune Nourry Fuses Human Anatomy and Arboreal Roots
At the end of Jean-Baptiste Lully’s baroque opera Atys, the titular character is transformed into a tree. This metamorphosis, the result of a spell cast by an agitated goddess, secures Atys’ Earth-bound fate, melding human and plant life into a single body.
French artist Prune Nourry draws on this mythological allegory in a series that visualizes the hybrid form. Standing several feet tall to be lifelike or larger, a trio of bronze figures emerges through intricate networks mimicking both veins and branches, “fractal shapes that we can find in different scales in nature,” the artist says. Each sculpture references the form’s roots in operatic performance, and with the help of Béatrice Algazi, the smooth metal was painted in a trompe l’oeil style so that the works appear as if made of rope, used frequently in stage rigging. This illusory material also alludes to the connection between the infinitely large and infinitely small, a concept often described in the framework of string theory.
“Atys (3).” Photo by Annik Wetter.
“Fractal Lungs” (2019), lab glass, 50 x 60 x 25 centimeters. Photo by Bertrand Huet Tutti
“Atys.” Photo by Annik Wetter
“River Woman” (2019), borosilicate glass, 195 x 75 x 20 centimeters. Photo by Bertrand Huet Tutti
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Ophelia, Friedrich Wilhelm Theodor Heyser
Hylas and the Nymphs, John William Waterhouse
The Siren, John William Waterhouse
The lady of Shalott, John William Waterhouse
Jean-Baptiste Bertrand, Ophelia
Thetis Dipping Achilles into the River Styx, Antoine Borel
The death of Sappho, Miguel Carbonel Selva
Nymph Finding the Head of Orpheus, John William Waterhouse
A mermaid, John William Waterhouse
Ophelia, John Everett Millais
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