Saturday, June 30, 2007

HANS BALDUNG GRIEN

MY COMMENT IN MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE’S BLOG:
http://memoriesofthefuture.wordpress.com/2007/06/09/reflections/

Some trivia for you:

1. In the book VARDA PAR AGNES (1994), Varda said that the conception of CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 was influenced by the painting DEATH AND THE MAIDEN by Hans Baldung Grien. I have searched for this painting on the internet, and found that there might be 3-4 paintings by Baldung Grien sharing the same title. I don’t know which one influenced Varda, or maybe the whole DEATH AND THE MAIDEN series of paintings influenced her.

2. CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 (1961) is indirectly referenced in MY LIFE TO LIVE (1962, Jean-Luc Godard), because in MY LIFE TO LIVE, Nana (Anna Karina) said proudly that she once appeared in a film with Eddie Constantine. And both Anna Karina and Eddie Constantine appeared in CLEO FROM 5 TO 7. (I got to know this trivia from the book GODARD ON GODARD.)

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SOME PAINTINGS BY HANS BALDUNG GRIEN (1484-1545)

1.THREE AGES OF THE WOMAN AND THE DEATH (1509-1510)
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/baldung/ages/
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1113/665239395_f6fddef310_o.jpg

2.DEATH AND THE MAIDEN (1517)
http://www.lamortdanslart.com/fille/maiden.htm
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1320/665239345_6a6b2c33ee_o.jpg

3.DEATH AND THE MAIDEN (1518-1520)
http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/b/baldung/1/061death.html
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1310/665239323_906c098097_o.jpg











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