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The Passion of Isabelle vanZeijl BY LAURIANNA DELLA ROVERE
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Everyone loved Marilyn . . . except Marilyn. BY LAURIE BOGART WILES
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Art in the Eye of the Photographer Baroque and Beyond The remarkable photos of Leslie Williamson. BY SU WONG JONES
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The art & wonder of the Netherlands. BY GWENDOLYN KIPLING
Inspiring Women Carla Groh page 136 Breegan Jane page 148 INTERVIEWED BY KAREN FLOYD
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art&beauty The muse in art. BY VERITY GALSWORTHY
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Spanish architect and modern master Patricia Urquiola. BY EMMA HAMILTON
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The Psycho-Gustative Odyssey of Chef Paul Pairet. BY CORDELIA LEAR
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Artful editions. BY ANGIE THIRKELL
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The healing power of art for personal renewal. BY SIMONE BAUDELAIRE FARROW
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The National Museum of Women in the Arts celebrates women artists— across the years and around the world. BY EVE ADAMS
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Art is defined as the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power. We at ELYSIAN are in an enviable position. It’s our pride and pleasure to celebrate the accomplishments of such creators from around the world—as we do in this, our annual “Art & Design” issue. Without a doubt, the “Art” issue is our favorite of the year to work on. And we do it with enthusiasm, commitment, and a responsibility that each member of the ELYSIAN team takes very seriously. It’s a passion for art—professionally and privately—which as colleagues at ELYSIAN we also share. Top: Creator-in-Chief, Ryan Stalvey, is also an accomplished photographer and painter. Comptroller, Anna Christian is the designated office art curator. Rob Springer, ELYSIAN’S Chief Media Director, is as talented behind the camera, as an award-winning cinematographer and producer, as he is in front as an accomplished television and movie actor. Executive Editor and internationally renowned author and writer Laurie Bogart Wiles is a collector of fine sporting art.
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YOU CAN’T USE UP CREATIVITY. THE MORE YOU USE, THE MORE YOU HAVE.” —MAYA ANGELOU
omebound, with the last dusting of snow covering the Carolinas before spring, I found much needed time to think. It is always in the quiet that childhood memories seep into my mind. My mother loved art, and on one occasion she explained to me that some people were “touched by the hand of God.” They had “gifts” she said, and they were important to the world. It did not dawn on me until much later in life that those gifts were truly a collaboration between God and the “creative mind.” It is to the “gift receiver”—the innovator, creative, or artist—a responsibility to respect and honor that gift. This Spring issue is dedicated to the gift of creative exceptionalism and spotlights the abundance of artistic achievement. Whether we are the creators or the observers, in art there is energy and movement. Throughout the Spring issue, we have–through images and words–attempted to capture that energy. In “Art and Beauty” we explore through the ages the inspiration of the muse on renowned artists. “Modern Master” is a celebration of the most important woman architect in today’s world, Patricia Urquiola. “The Psycho-Gustative Odyssey of Chef Paul Pairet” explores the culinary journey of one of the most inventive culinary visionaries in the world today. “High Fashion Under the Influence of Art” is a homage to couture designer Elsa Schiaparelli who used fashion as her way of expressing her art.“The Passion of Isabelle Van Zeijl” explores the photoartist who explores the deepest recesses of her spirituality as the model of her own work. “Art in the Eye of the Photographer” allows us to see through the lens of photographer Leslie Williamson the heart of the homes and studios of famous Mid-Century artists and architects. “Baroque and Beyond” is a spectacular tour of the Netherlands through its art and museums.“The Power of Art for Personal Healing” shows the force of art as a method of revival and fresh focus. “For Women Only: The National Museum of Women in the Arts” cultivates, preserves, and champions women in the arts as a singular force in the arts. And finally, our book review on some of the most beautiful books published today lauds the many nuances, platforms, and directions art can influence our lives. These artists and creators have all “been touched” with their remarkable and unique gifts.
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have also been privileged to interview many women for ELYSIAN that have been defined by their creative success. Artist, author, and sculpture Edwina Sandys is the first name to enter my mind. While her career as an artist started later than some, her work is acclaimed world-wide, with her mammoth sculptures displayed in front of the United Nations and beyond. Interviewing Breegan Jane, the cover of this issue, I saw a pattern, which started me thinking . . . Much like Edwina and many other artists and creators I have interviewed, Breegan triangulates her focus and time between (commercial and residential) design, home décor and authoring children’s books. Carla Groh an art collector, dealer, broker, and gallery owner also moves between different pursuits, with regularity. While their stories are unique, it is undeniable that these women “innovators and artists” toggle between distinct, unending interests and projects. It is as though their “flow” grows exponentially with purposefully “creative multi-tasking.” Within the soul of a creative woman is the strength to push through the impenetrable. But it is the awareness that allows the inventive mind the flexibility to multi-task and continue moving forward. What results from inner agility is self-actualization, a trait these women all share. It is their gift. Nothing is more inspiring than beauty. And though she is no longer here to say the words, through this publisher’s letter, my mother encourages every innovator, creative and artist “touched by the hand of God.” Your gift is without end. Thank you for joining us as we embark upon this life journey together.
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The Grande Odalisque by French Neoclassical painter J.A.D. Ingres. A defender of academic convention who opposed the prevailing Romantic style, his expressive distortions of human anatomy, form, and space influenced Picasso, Chagall, and Matisse, as an important pioneer of modernism.
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beauty in iconic art BY VERITY GALSWORTHY
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Alexandros of Antioch, an itinerant artist of the Hellenistic age, achieved perfection of the female figure in his statue of Venus de Milo, sculpted sometime between the second and first century B.C. She is on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Opposite: Called “the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world” by John Litchfield, Paris correspondent of the London newspaper, The Independent, Leonardo Da Vinci’s masterpiece, Mona Lisa, is indeed the most iconic painting in all of art history. It is believed the subject in the half-length portrait is Italian noblewoman Lisa Gherardini of Florence. Whether her thoughts are sad, bittersweet, content, or amused is purely conjecture. Distinctive time eroded her eyebrows.
he encourages, inspires, engages, influences, or otherwise enthralls, captivates, and captures an artist on an intellectual, emotional, sensual, and almost always, sexual level, transcending her admirer onto a higher plane than he otherwise may ever have experienced. The word is derived from the Greek noun, mousa, which literally means “art” or “poetry” or “to excel in the arts” and to comprehend the power of a muse, we must hearken back to Greek mythology, for there you will find the “original inspiring women”—the Nine Muses, the nine lovely, alluring daughters of Mnemosyne and the great Zeus, each gifted with a unique artistic talent, conceived when their parents lay together in connubial bliss for nine consecutive nights. For this reason, a muse can be nothing more or less than a goddess to the artist she inspires.
Venus de Milo
Perhaps the earliest example of the muse in iconic art was created by Ancient Greek sculptor Alexandros of Antioch. His Venus (sometimes known as the Ancient Roman counterpart, Aphrodite de Milos), was sculpted from Parian marble sometime between 150 and 125 B.C., during the Hellenistic period. Who his model was we do not know but her perfection deems her a goddess, and even without her arms, she is stunningly, realistically exquisite—the perfect interpretation by Alexandros of pure beauty. She was lost for centuries until a peasant named Yorgos Kentrotas unearthed her in 1820, on the island of Milos, and she became the most iconic of muses.
Grande Odalisque
One of the most noted muses in the history of art is the Grande Odalisque (concubine) by French artist J.A.D. Ingres. A great admirer of the 16th century Italian High Renaissance painters Raphael and Titian, and the Baroque classicist Nicholas Poussin, Ingres, in essence, exploits beauty. From an academic standpoint, his explicit nude reclining in an Orientalist setting was a giant leap by the artist from the Neoclassic style of the day to the burgeoning Romantic period. The thing is, such a woman could never exist. Odalisque is a fantasy woman. Her pronounced curvature of the spine, distorted pelvis, five extra lumbar vertebra, and a significantly
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shorter left arm than her right does not indicate that Ingres, one of the greatest drafters in the history of art and a master of anatomy, was ignorant of the proper proportions of the female figure. It is quite the contrary. He purposefully painted the concubine suggestively lying on a divan for stylistic effect, her long, sinuous lines and skin bathed in diffused light is his depiction of a ‘reclining Venus,’ as is The Sleeping Venus (1518) by Giorgione, The Venus of Urbino (1538) by Titian, Madonna of the Long Neck (1535) by Parmigianino, and another reclining woman who looks over her shoulder at the viewer, Portrait of Madame Récamier (1800), by Ingres’s contemporary, Jacques-Louis David. But it is her gaze, her invitation to a sultan to take part in carnal pleasure with her, that conveys, through her alluring albeit distorted beauty, one of art’s greatest works.
The Birth of Venus
Early Italian Renaissance painter, Sandro Botticelli, was inspired by the 15-book continuous mythological narrative, Metamorphoses, by ancient Roman poet, Ovid (43 B.C. to 18 A.D.), to create his Neoplatonic-themed masterpiece, The Birth of Venus. The shy nude covers her private parts as a symbol of the birth of love and the driving force of beauty in spiritual life. Commissioned by the wealthy Florentine Medici family, the model is believed to be Simonetta Cattaneo de Vespucci, a great beauty and favorite of the Medici court. Apart from being Botticelli’s muse, it is believed she was also his lover.
The Madonna of Macerata
Carlo Crivelli’s muse for the tempera and gold Madonna of Macedrata is not known. On display at the Macerata Musei in Minzoni, Italy, it measures a mere 24- by 16-inches, and yet the power of sideways, pensive glance speaks volumes. Commissioned by the Franciscans and Dominicans of Ascoli, his work was so realistic at the time as to be considered disturbing.
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