After noting down the themes from the keywords of my proverb
I decided to look into visual imagery from stories and poems from the Renaissance
era (or something similar from different times of civilisation/periods) for ideas of
symbolism and metaphors, considering the proverb closely relates to the themes
of God. For my ideas I am going to attempt in designing visual imagery similar
of that to the artworks of the Renaissance, but replacing the subject matters
(angels, humans and demons) with the subjects of food and cooks for some comic
relief. I will not be replicating what materials it has been used to produce
those artworks as I wanted to focus on improving my own digital painting
techniques, though the only thing I will be taking into account is the
composition and colours for some effective impact.
“The Creation of Adam”
painted c. 1508-1512. Fresco painting by Michelangelo
Gustave Dore’s illustration on the story of “The Divine Comedy”, illustrating the characters Dante and Virgil’s journey through Hell, Purgatory and Heaven. “The Divine Comedy”
A poem by Dante Alighieri, which is split in three parts: “Inferno”, “Purgatorio”
and “Paradiso” (Hell, Purgatory and
Paradise/Heaven)
One of Gustave Dore’s illustration on “Purgartorio” (Purgatory)
One of Gustave Dore’s illustration on “Paradiso” (Paradise/Heaven)
The Tower of Babel. “The
Confusion of Tongues” Gustave Dore (1865)
“Hercules and the Nemean
Lion”. Rubens. Late 18th Century – 19th Century
After looking into these stories and illustrations the one
that strikes me is the poem “The Divine
Comedy” as it depicts the characters’ journey of ascension to Heaven from
the depths of Hell. There are some ideas that I would like to play around using
this story’s structure as a starting point to create one of my ideas such as
the ascension from hell to heaven, or a tower or a tree with floors
depicting the tiers of the devil and god using food and cooks as metaphors to
angels and demons.
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