Released on: 16, April 2007
, Author: Rosemary McKittrick
, Audience: Internet related
April 16, 2007--Louis XV of France had a minister of finance,Etienne de Silhouette, who was a renowned cheapskate. His name was linked to justabout everything done on a shoestring.
In his spare time, the minister enjoyed cutting out peopleÂ's profiles from blackpaper. When these inexpensive paper cutout profiles became popular in France, theywere naturally called silhouettes.
The good news is--silhouettes as an art form outgrew their namesake to becomedesirable collectibles in their own right.
Through shadow and line silhouettes become art much like the shadow drawings of gameand people on prehistoric cave walls. Before photography, silhouettes were thesnapshots of their time period.
These black-and-white sideways portraits were so common in the United States in the18th and 19th century professional artists set up silhouette museums. They alsotraveled from city to city doing profiles.
Some artists used machines which automatically traced a sitterÂ's profile. A personsat in a candle-and-chair apparatus which cast a shadow on a piece of parchmenthanging beside them.
The shadow was traced almost exactly. Then the tracing was reduced in size with thehelp of a draftsmanÂ's tool which made copies of the original.
Much like a photographer today, people who never had time to sit for a paintingfound time to sit for a profilist. When photography came along, the popularity ofthese shadow pictures naturally declined.
The best silhouette artists show skill and delicacy in their profiles. Much oftheir work is charming and naà ve, reminiscent of a world long gone. From acollecting standpoint, machine-made silhouettes usually lack the grace of handmadesilhouettes. TheyÂ're generally less valuable too.
On Jan. 5 & 6, 2007, GarthÂ's in Delaware, Ohio, featured a selection of silhouettesin its Early American Antiques & Decorative arts auction.
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