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Wed Jun 19, 2013, 12:54 PM

- What is Art History -

Art History is a Community Relations Project - looking at the History of the genres and art we love today.
This is open to any member of dA. CV's, Senior members, Beta testers, Subbed and Unsubbed accounts - EVERYONE.

Over the last year we have brought you exciting articles and features from the various genres of Art. We are now going to move into the second wave of this Project, by working through chronologically.

What we now want is for anyone with any interest in Art History to sign up!

- Who we want -

This doesn't need to be your career. Or even the artwork you create today.

Maybe you were the one who did the random major in French Sculpture, that you never thought you'd use?

Or you're the young professional who makes their living as a photographer / investment banker / waitress, but still remembers that paper you did on Picasso in high school, and you do so love that crazy fella?

Or you were the teenager that listened to punk and heavy metal, but had secretly painted your room a dusky papyrus-beige and stenciled gold hieroglyphics all along the wall?

(Extra credit to whoever can guess which one of these was me )

If this sounds like you (or even if it's nothing like you) then get your name down!

- How to get involved -

Are you mad about Michelangelo? Crazy for crotchet? Dippy for Dali? Or passionate about Pointillism?

Then we want to hear from YOU!

Simply comment on this Journal with your area of expertise and we will start to create a timeline.

You can pick any genre, any date, any artist, any movement, any medium, anything!!

- Creating a Project -

This is a living, breathing organism. We have the most enthusiastic Art buffs in the world on this site, and we intend to share the wealth!

I'll put out some suggestions for people to pick, but the rest is up to you!

Any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me or one of our fantastic team!

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- Sign up Sheet -

Ancient

Stone Age (30,000 b.c.–2500 b.c.)
Egyptian (3100 b.c.–30 b.c.)
Greek and Hellenistic (850 b.c.–31 b.c.)
Roman (500 b.c.– a.d. 476)
Indian, Chinese, and Japanese (653 b.c.–a.d. 1900)
Byzantine and Islamic (a.d. 476–a.d.1453)

Middle Ages (500–1400)

Celtic art
Carolingian Renaissance
Romanesque
Gothic
8th-11th Century Scandinavia - Vikings - `SylwiaTelari

Renaissance (1400–1550)

Brunelleschi
Donatello
Botticelli
Leonardo
Michelangelo
Raphael
Bellini
Giorgione
Titian
Dürer
Bruegel
Bosch
Jan van Eyck
Rogier van der Weyden

Mannerism (1527–1580)

Tintoretto
El Greco
Pontormo
Bronzino
Cellini

Baroque (1600–1750)

Reubens
Rembrandt
Caravaggio

Neoclassical (1750–1850)

David, Ingres
Greuze

Romanticism (1780–1850)

Caspar Friedrich
Gericault
Delacroix
Turner

Realism (1848–1900)

Corot
Courbet
Daumier
Millet
Pre-Raphaelite - `SylwiaTelari

Impressionism (1865–1885)

Monet
Manet - =dierat
Renoir
Pissarro
Cassatt
Morisot
Degas

Post-Impressionism (1885–1910)

Van Gogh
Gauguin
Cézanne
Seurat
Fauvism and Expressionism (1900–1935)
Matisse
Kirchner
Kandinsky
Marc
Art Nouveau - `SylwiaTelari
Golden Age of Illustration - `SylwiaTelari

Cubism, Futurism, Supremativism, Constructivism, De Stijl (1905–1920)

Picasso
Braque
Leger
Boccioni
Severini
Malevich

Dada and Surrealism (1917–1950)

Duchamp
Dalí - ^maytel
Ernst
Magritte
de Chirico
Kahlo

Abstract Expressionism (1940s–1950s) and Pop Art (1960s)

Gorky
Pollock
de Kooning
Rothko
Warhol
Lichtenstein

Postmodernism and Deconstructivism (1970– )

Gerhard Richter
Cindy Sherman
Anselm Kiefer
Frank Gehry
Zaha Hadid

Modern……

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MyWeekThroughArt

Sat Jun 15, 2013, 9:33 AM

This was MyWeekThroughArt.
In the last week I have been to see friends in Manchester.
I've also spent a lot of time at work - I work for BT (British Telecom) in Lancashire.
Gaming has nicely topped off my week.

How was yours?

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10 x 10 - Hats

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 12:52 PM

The 10 by 10 Feature

10 images with under 10 faves

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Pinup and Glam Update Apr/May

Tue Apr 30, 2013, 2:07 PM

Me

HAI all! I am now moved into my new house! I absolutely love it and in the process of setting up my office area so I can be MOAR efficient!

SO EXCITED I COULD WEEEEEEE

Things to see!

Art History

Hope you're all having an excellent time! Much love!

Emma

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SuicideGirls.com CSS Contest Results!

Sat Apr 13, 2013, 7:42 AM

SuicideGirls.com - Pin-Up Punk Rock and Goth Girls

#SuicideGirls is the offical deviantART hub for SuicideGirls.com, come here to find regular gorgeous images in our Galleries.
You even get a sneaky pic at the Photo of the Day sets that you would normally need membership to view!

Css Contest REsults

^DistortedSmile and the SG.com crew would like to thank everyone that took part and for the support of our members.
As expected with a CSS challenge, we only had a few entries, but all the Judges agree that the quality was phenomenal!

Here, without further ado are the winners of the CSS contest...

Winners

- 1st -

by `ginkgografix

1 Year Membership to SuicideGirls.com

1000 dA Points

The official CSS for #SuicideGirls

News feature from ^DistortedSmile

- 2nd -

by ~akio-stock

3 Month Membership to SuicideGirls.com

500 dA Points

CSS Added to the #SuicideGirls Goodies Gallery

News feature from ^DistortedSmile

- 3rd -

by `admx

3 Month Membership to SuicideGirls.com

250 dA Points

CSS Added to the #SuicideGirls Goodies Gallery

News feature from ^DistortedSmile

All Winners will also be featured in #SuicideGirls

Judges

SuicideGirls.com Staff
^DistortedSmile - Pinup & Glamour CV and Administrator of #SuicideGirls
$Moonbeam13 - Head of Community Relations
$Ayame-Kenoshi - dA Marketing Team

Thank you so much to all the entrants for their excellent work and we can't wait to have our next contest!!

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Moving House - AFK

Sun Apr 7, 2013, 8:34 AM

Hi all, I'm moving house over the next couple of weeks so my activity on here will be minimal to none!

Please keep sending your DD suggestions, I will pick these up once I'm back.

Groups / Projects you should be checking out....

#ArtHistoryProject - It's dA Related month, so get over and get involved!!
#SuicideGirls - the official page for SuicideGirls.com and Administrated by yours truly watch for some cool updates and regular photo sets from the site
#Death-Chicks - Alt-Fashion & Pinup Group
#DeviantKitchen - Super tasty food photography!

See you all when I am back!

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Art History - Wallpaper Feature

Mon Mar 18, 2013, 2:34 PM

In honour of Customisation Month at the Art History Project here are a rainbow of Wallpapers to suit any desktop!

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Art History - Customisation Features

Mon Mar 11, 2013, 7:45 AM

March is Customisation Month in the Art History Project!

This is an umbrella Gallery that includes-

Digital Dolls
Emoticons
Icons
Skins & Themes
Visualizations
Wallpaper

Here are some features from the gorgeous Galleries!

Digital Dolls

Emoticons

Icons

Skins & Themes

Visualizations

Wallpaper

Your #communityrelations Team bring you Art History - an exploration of the origins of the Art you love and create today.

Please watch this group and find out how you can get involved in this Community Project

To get involved with next month's articles please speak to the relevant member of the CR Team, the Project Lead ^DistortedSmile or leave a message on the Art History page.

Here are the sign-up sheets for the next few months -

Customisation | dA Related

Performance Art | Text & Typography and Designs & Interfaces

Stay devious!

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Art History - February Roundup

Sun Mar 3, 2013, 1:35 AM

February has come to a close and so has the incredible Film, Animation and Flash Features!

Our thanks to the lovely kingmancheng and SqueakyToybox, your
super CVs for Film, Animation and Flash, for heading up the work done this
month!

Also a big thank you and well done to our additional contributors -

Here are all the articles in one neat lot!

Introducing Film, Animation and Flash!Happy shortest month of the year deviants, filmmakers and animators! We have 4 weeks to spend to cover the areas of film, animation and flash so I'm sure this month will be jam packed with enlightment!

^kingmancheng
"In recent years creativity as a whole has taken some exciting steps forward. The film, animation, video games industry and more have been shaken up because of factors such as trouble with money. Even the James Bond franchise was in trouble a few years back because of MGM's financial troubles.
It wasn't all doom and gloom though new ones were born, and there has been a rapid rise of independent filmmakers and developers. As a result we've seen a 'new age' of freelancers and indie groups who have been producing some really exciting work and it is certainly an amazing time for film and animation!"
^SqueakyToybox
"Flash can be seen as an outdated piece of software to some, but there is still mu

Studio GhibliA Tokyo based animation studio that needs no introduction! Studio Ghibli is best known for their traditionally animated anime films. It was originally founded by the legendary pair, Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, back in 1985. Ghibli is named after an Italian war plane that was used for scouting, this reflected Miyazaki's love for not only airplanes but also Italy. The name itself means "hot wind blowing through the Sahara Desert".
Takahata and Miyazaki
It was formed after the great success of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, which both Takahata and Miyazaki worked on. Their first feature film hit was Laputa, or some of you may know it as Castle in the Sky. Most of the films that Studio Ghibli produces is by Miyazaki, followed by Takahata, although they have worked with other film producers and directors as well.
Family favourite, My Neighbour Totoro
Walt Disney later acqui

A Glimpse into Fauvism Art

Introduction
The first of the major avant-garde movements in European 20th century art, Fauvism was characterised by paintings that used intensely vivid, non-naturalistic and exuberant colours. The style was essentially expressionist, and generally featured landscapes in which forms were sometimes distorted.

Self-portrait in studio by André Derain.
The Fauves first exhibited together in 1905 in Paris. They found their name when a critic pointed to a renaissance-like sculpture in the middle

Interview with flash game artist *steffneFor flash/film/animation month over at #ArtHistoryProject I was given the
honour of chatting with one of my favourite flash game artists here on DeviantART, *steffne. I asked her a couple of questions and here is how the interview went.
:iconsteffne:
Hello Stephanie! Could you tell us a bit about yourself?
Hihi there ^__^ I'm a 21 year old Games development student living in London! I have an undenying love for pancakes and vintage toys.

Do you remember how you found DeviantART?
My friend ~Melissary was using it back when we were about 16 and kept pestering
me that I should join too.
I made an account but never started using it for a few years, when in College two friend's also started prodding me to use my account XD I guess I really owe it to
having such pushy friends for being here at all LOL.

FlipbooksFlipbooks seems like a really natural topic to choose with regards to animation and film. Really it's motion graphics in one of it's most primitive forms! The history of it may extend further back than we know but certainly the earliest one that we know of was by John Barnes Linnet back in 1868. At the time he named the flipbook a kineograph, and so this makes Linnet one of the founding fathers of animation!
In 1882 Henry Van Hoevenbergh patented a flipbook design, having taken advantage of the works of another artist we have looked at recently, Eadweard Muybridge. What he essentially tried to make the flipbook is turn it into an 'optical toy'. In a later patent the flipbook has been updated so when flipped, it would show the next part or a completely different story.
Over time people began to realise this can potentially become a tool for more than just entertainment. In Germany, Maximilian Skladanowsky took stills from his film in order to make flipboo

Ray HarryhausenRay Harryhausen, a name you may not know or remember, but his works, you should most certainly seen at some point in your life! He is a stop motion animator, who animated for some classic movies between the 50s and 70s. To name just a few, think Clash of the Titans, Sinbad and Jason and the Argonauts!
At a young age, Harryhausen actually was not into fantasy or creatures that much. But over time as he watched films, read novels, seen paintings, visited museums and marionette shows, his interest for that area developed. Having tried model making in school, he developed his skills and at the age of 18, he won himself an award at a local competition.
Having seen and thoroughly enjoyed The Lost World and King Kong, this all naturally clicked into place as a revelation to him. He loved fantasy and creatures!
His earliest professional works were of dinosaurs and his is work was very well received. By the time that unfortunate chapter in history took place that

La LineaThis is one of the most influential and iconic animated series ever made in my opinion. La Linea (The Line) is a classic Italian animated series by Osvaldo Cavandoli. The animation follows the character, Mr. Linea, who is drawn by a single line. Even if you don't know La Linea, some of you may recognise the voice actor as the original voice of Pingu the penguin. The language he speaks is based on Italian (Milanese dialect) but spoken in a way that essentially is gibberish!
Due to it's 'lack of language' this became an international hit, which I think is one of the best essences of film making. Having the power to cross borders without a language barrier is a fantastic skill to have!
But why do I think this is one series we should all know about?
Mr. Linea is always presented with obstacles, drawn in by the animator. Sometimes he'll succeed, sometimes he'll fail. So for example perhaps he's trying to reach something high up, so he complains to the animator. The animator draws a flight o

AH: Film and Animation FeatureThe Traveller by ~Elena-Ciolacu
Yo(r)u and I by ~1-k-0
ANIMA by ~MichalTokarczuk
GIRL AND IT - Trailer by *mohdfikree
The Dark Forest by ~penguina-mica
5 second day 2013 by ~Guts-N-Effort

Nick ParkWell I am sure this is a name a lot of you are familiar with! But for those of you who need an introduction to him, Nick Park is stop motion animator who works for Aardman Animations in Bristol. So to name a few works that you may be familiar with are Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Creature Comforts.
His works have been nominated for and also won quite a few BAFTA awards and Oscars.
He continues to work with traditional stop motion animation and plasticine, so the old 'move it a bit and take a photo' technique. His first feature piece for Aardman, A Grand Day Out, was a student project at the time. This was funded by the studio which allowed him to continue to work on it part time whilst continuing his studies. This became a huge hit and was nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Short Film. Unfortunately he lost this award to another short, Creature Comforts, which was also his work anyway!
His animations have graced British TV for many years and it has gained a lot of a

Kyle Cooper - Revolutionizing title sequencesTitle sequences are to movies what appetizers are to food. Often underrated, they are not unimportant. A good title sequence leaves a good first impression of the film, and makes the watcher want to see more. Good title sequences can be found throughout history of film, and some have even left a profound impression on their franchise. One example of this is the James Bond series, where in the first film, "Dr. No" (1962) many of the iconic aspects of the James Bond movies were established in the first few minutes; the gun barrel sequence and the music in particular.
There is one man in particular who took the art of title sequences to a whole new, insane level. That man is Kyle Cooper.
Se7en
In the movie "Se7en", we are confronted with a serial killer who murders his victims in a way that reflects the sins they have committed in their lives. What seperates Se7en from many other horror movies is the source of these murders: normally we see one disturbed ind :thumb353986505:

Film Legends: Akira Kurosawa

Born in Tokyo, Japan on the 23rd of March 1910, Akira Kurosawa is considered one of the biggest figures in the film industry and a notable influence to western filmmakers such as George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg.

His career started in 1936 as an assistant director. Kurosawa was taken under the wing of director Kajiro Yamamoto, who promoted him to chief assistant director within a year. His first film as a director was Drunken Angel in 1948 and was the first of many collaborations with actor Toshiro Mifune. His international breakthrough came with Rashomon in 1950, a movie that won him the top prize at the Venice Film Festival and opened the gates of the Western to Japanese films.

The following years he worked on Ikiru(1952); Seven Samurai (1954), his first "proper samurai film" regarded by some as the greatest Japanese film ever made; and Throne of Blood (1957), an adaptation of Shakespeare's Macb

Featuring flash artist: ~SivcovaOn my hunt for flash artists the other day I came across a real beauty that I
wanted to share with all of you for the #ArtHistoryProject. I find her
drawing style really sweet and inspiring and she has used her style to create
warm, story book styled animations that tug at my heart strings.
~Sivcova

If you would like me to feature a flash artist that you have spotted on
deviantART feel free to send me a note!

Brief History of ClaymationClaymation is a method of animation where clay figures are filmed using stop-motion photography.
Claymation (clay animation) dates way back to 1897, when the material plasticine was introduced to the artistic world. In this article, we will briefly explore the history of Claymation!

(scene from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas)
So.. where have you seen this method used before? Films such as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, and Chicken Run were all made using Claymation. TV shows such as Wallace and Gromit, Gumby, and Bob the Builder also use this method.
Sammy Squid: Turns The Other Tentacle by SuperDaddytv
In terms of notable clay animators, Jan Švankmajer is someone worth talking about. Švankmajer created his first film in 1964 and has impacted the film and animation world

William KentridgeWilliam Kentridge is a South African born filmmaker, sculptor and artist. His works are full of narrative that is influenced by politics and his studies in theatre. He generally works in traditional media such as charcoal and pastels. Some of his most memorable works were between the years of 1989 and 1996, which were a series of animations as viewed through the eyes of three different running characters.
During this period of time his works talked about the politics, social issues such as race and class, and injustice in South Africa at the time. Whilst his works are often about his views about what is going on, sometimes there are autobiographical elements in it as he has included his own image in his work.
The way he treats his materials also adds to the messages he is trying to get across. Rubbing out charcoal lines, drawing over it, but of course charcoal never cleans off completely so you can get a sense of the passing of time, decay and memory in his film.
"In the same w

Film Legends: Stanley KubrickStanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) is one of the most influental directors of the last century. If there is one thing most obvious that his works have in common, it is a strong inclination to the unsettling, sometimes disturbing and most likely controversial.

"2001: A Space Odyssey" via imdb.com
From ancient history over horror to science-fiction and erotica, there seems to be no topic he did not create a master piece in. He always avoided to repeat himself, yet you just know when you watch a movie of his.

"Full Metal Jacket"
He was a perfectionist who often drove his actors to the extreme. Repeating seemingly simple scenes 5o times or actually endangering their health for a certain shot.
Obsessed with every detail of the movie, from camera to costume, he was also immaculat

Eadweard MuybridgeSo Eadweard Muybridge, why should all animators know his name? He is an English photographer who moved over to America. So what is a photographer doing in our Film, Animation and Flash month?
Well his photography is really quite unique for the time, he set up multiple cameras for his shots in order to capture motion in the form of stop-action photography. He was also known for creating the zoopraxiscope, which plays a series of images in order to create the illusion of motion, in other words very early animation work! These series of images were on disc that were spun and projected, so the images loop in sequence. Kind of like your first generation animated gifs!
His photography work and his zoopraxiscope helped people to study in detail how things move. From the way people walk, jumping, running through to horses galloping. And as a tutor once said to me, if you can animate a horse, you can animate anything. These images surprised many people, such as when a horse runs, there is a pha

Art History - Flash FeaturesAnimations

Games

Humor

Interactive

SpiroDraw by *SophieHouldenCreate-a-Dragon Flash 2.0 by *KennonInk
Interfaces
The Music Lights by =QinniAdvent Calendar by `kangelBe Just or Be Dead by *CubeWatermelon
Intros
Glitchd Intro by ~cronobreakerdA v5 promo animation by `keirossBeTwin opening (fixed framerate) by ~Rik-VReal
Movies
Pandora's Book by *EtoliScalawags-The Animated Film by ~scalawagsKITE PLIGHT by ~Onelani
Utilities
Emote avatar maker by *MixedMilkChOcOlateCritique O Matic Plus by `Cannibal-CartoonistPerspective V1.1 by ~CrashDummyNL

Hanna-BarberaOk now, be honest, how many of you had a little happy tear when you read the title of this article?

Hanna-Barbera Productions is an American animation studios which has produced timeless classics more timeless classics than I can name. Tom & Jerry, Johnny Quest, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Scooby Doo, The Addams Family and many more!
The studio was formed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, formerly directors from the MGM Studio. They were born during the golden age of American animation as MGM shut down their animation studio, Hanna-Barbera rose from it's ashes.
The production company became super popular with it's Saturday morning cartoons. Their cartoon shorts and series filled this time slot on all major American TV channels at the time. However over time their profits started to fall as they lost this morning slot. The Turner Broadcasting System ended up buying them and so some of us growing up will remember seeing much of their toons in the channel you know as C
They will all be shown in the Film, Animation and Flash Art History Gallery

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SuicideGirls.com on dA

Sat Feb 23, 2013, 11:42 AM

SuicideGirls on deviantART

I was approached a few weeks ago by $Ayame-Kenoshi and SuicideGirls.com to assist with the running of their dA Group #SuicideGirls and have made the Group go live today!!

This is a fantastic Group designed for-

SuicideGirls models here on dA
Photographers who work with the SG models
Sharing the brand artwork - icons, banners and wallpapers etc
Identifying potential budding SGs
For anyone who loves beautiful tattooed, pierced women!

As you can see there will be lots for people to get involved with and to see If you would like to be part of it, or just to admire the delicious deviants then get over to #SuicideGirls!

Join us now!!

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Pinup and Glamour Updates

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 2:58 PM

More updates from the Pinup & Glamour and Photography Galleries.

Pinup & Glamour from the #ArtHistoryProject
Fella Contest
Art History Needs YOU
#DeviantKitchen is live! Join for all your yummy desires.
People & Portraits Exposed
Photography Troubleshooting : Understanding ISO

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Art History - Customisation Needs YOU!!

Mon Feb 11, 2013, 12:45 PM

The Art History Project is exploring the origins of the Art we produce today and each month we focus on a different genre.

March will be Customisation Month in #ArtHistoryProject!

This is an umbrella Gallery that covers-

Digital Dolls
Emoticons
Icons
Skins & Themes
Visualizations
Wallpaper

So, what kind of things are we looking for?

Articles on artists, equipment and styles
Bios of notable Artists
Features of Art here on dA
Interviews with dA Artists
Hosted Chats on different methods or a Q&A
Mini Contests
Input from the various Groups

And how do you get involved?

Watch the #ArtHistoryProject Group
Decide what you want to do
Have a look at the Sign-up sheet and comment with what you will be doing and the date
You will get confirmation and you are good to go!
Some handy tips on Submitting can be found here

Here are your Customisations CV Team

Digital Dolls- `IridescentStardust
Emoticons- `ChaosEmeraldHunter
Icons- ^ValaSedai
Skins & Themes- `neiio

Feel free to link in with any of your CV's, who will be leading up the Customisation side of the Project.

The most important thing to remember is that it doesn't matter what you want to focus on, just that you have a go. You can have a look through some of the previous articles to see what other people have written.

Don't wait - get involved!!

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me on one of the Team

^DistortedSmile

Project Lead

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Art History - Pinup and Glamour

Mon Jan 28, 2013, 8:13 AM

Welcome to the Art History Project, brought to you by your Community Relations Team on dA.
We hope to bring you interesting articles about the origins of the Art you love today.

The History of Pinup & Glamour Photography

Glamour Photography, in its purest form is romantic, sensual and often erotic in style and impact, which has been used by models, performers and movie stars for many years.
Part of the incredible allure of such shots make the genre so flexible and useful for advertising that it has become a staple part of the products of bygone times and the icons of fondly remembered memorabilia.
Glamour Photography is ever being redefined by the times and each decade has had something different to offer to shape the style.

1920s and 30s - The Golden Age of Illustration

By the 1920s, the golden age of illustration was in full flower. The new film industry fueled the public's appetite for magazines devoted to their celluloid heroes, with the likes of Mary Pickford, Gloria Swanson and Betty Grable.

The 30’s saw Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Ginger Rogers, Joan Crawford and of course Mae West, become international icons.

1940s - Pinup's Heyday

Though the origins of Pinup can be documented back at least to the end of 19th century, where the images could be cut out of magazines or newspapers, or be from postcard or chromo-lithographs, and so on, it would be 1940’s America that would be known as the heyday for Pinup girls.
They were depictions of very beautiful women with a sensual and ingenuous air. Even the government of the United States gave pin-up photos and illustrations as a present to their soldiers during the World War II. Pictures of Betty Grable, one of the most popular glamour photography models, were carried to war by hundreds of soldiers. Specifically, Glamour photography from the war era featured models either fully clothed or wearing swimsuits.
The pin-up look is very precise. Pin-up girls are very feminine. Their lips use to be paint in red, their eyelashes are very defined, using false eyelashes in the photographs. The eyebrows are very pronounced, skin colour uses to be very fair, and hair uses to be wavy or softly curled.
The pin-up poses are very suggestive, in casual attitudes, always surrounded with glamour, using fetishisms like women dressed as sailor, waitress, nurse..

1950s - Bettie Page & Marilyn Monroe

No overview of Pinup & Glamour would be complete without mentioning Bettie Page.

She brought Fetish modelling out of the seedy, dark reputation that it had gathered and made it all together more mainstream and recognisable. In 1955 she was the center-fold in Playboy's January issue and won the title "Miss Pin-up Girl of the World”, yet her trademark jet black hair, blunt fringe, porcelain skin and sky-blue eyes are still mimicked and emulated by women today. She has become a living legend, a modern icon, a symbol of beauty and femininity that transcends ordinary standards.

Similar accolade must be given to Marilyn Monroe.

What was it in this particular woman that makes heads turn around till this day? What was it in her looks or character that still inspires the creation of Marilyn Monroe art 50 years after her death? She was a reasonable actress and wasn’t an amazing singer, but till this day, 80 years after she was born as “Norma Jean”, every child still knows her name.
When she died she left behind her nothing but the wondrous shadow of her image that even in the most sexual photographs, including some completely nude, there was still a quality of innocence. Good Marilyn Monroe art will always express this quality.
She has become the ultimate blonde bombshell and perhaps the thing that makes her so amazing is that no one can quite put their finger on why.

1960s and 70s - Playboy era

During the 60's and 70's we see glamour became more risqué. Through the likes of Playboy (although actually founded in 1953) we started seeing and hearing the term 'Glamour Model' and again more skin was shown, at times all of it.

The demand had moved on from the unobtainable Hollywood starlet to ‘the girl next door’, with popular shoots depicting wanton nudity in more public places- such as garages, fields and even the office!

1980s and 90s - "Sex Sells"

Now we see Glamour and Pinup playing more of a part in advertising towards the end of the 20^th Century, with its influences in fashion, design and products.

Notable Pinups from these decades include Samantha Fox, Joan Jett, Pamela Anderson and Jenny McCarthy.

2000s onwards - 'Modern' Pinups

So what is now Modern Pinup & Glamour?

And where does it keep it’s similarities and where does it differ from its roots?
And does nude = Glamour?
Absolutely not - in fact quite the contrary, the more modern types of artwork tend to predominantly echo their more traditional origins, opting for the subtle tease, carefully placed hands or props and the hint of something further.
Pinup specifically keeps the styling, the soft waves in the hair, bodies and faces are usually in profile, rather than front on. Modern pinup models, with their tasteful yet alluring outfits and an aesthetic that embodies style and sophistication, stand out among the seedier aspects of today’s erotica.

As you’ll see from the photos, they share the same aesthetic appeal, which is the ability to appear both sexually alluring and slightly innocent and coquettish.
Similarly Glamour is a very groomed look. Nothing is left to chance and finished to a high level of styling, sophistication and beauty.

Questions for the Reader..

What does Pinup & Glamour mean to you?
Do you have a preference of the time period, or do you enjoy all that the varying decades have to offer?
Who is your favorite Pinup?

Hope you enjoyed!

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References & Further Reading

Glamour History | Pinup Girls | Wikipedia | The Origins of Pinup | Pinup Art

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