In this exhibition of these ten faces of many different women, you will discover what a face can tell you. In these ten women’s faces, what can you really see? Although they are from different periods of time and are created from different mediums of art, we can still look into their faces and try and see what their thoughts may have been. It makes you wonder do they all have similar worries and concerns. Although they are years and years apart from each other, could their inner thoughts be translated the same. Let’s now look at an albumen print from Arthur James Iles Moari Woman. What does her face tell you? When looking her face at a glance it gives nothing away. If you look long enough, you can try and imagine what is going through her mind. Was she…show more content… I believe not, because her face so prevalent in the albumen print. In the water color created by Henry Colton Shumway, Harriet Aymar you can see some expression on her face almost a small hidden smile. What could have caused this? Did he make her laugh when she was sitting for the portrait? You can see in the portrait he emphasizes the slight smile and the look of contentment on her face. In the oil on canvas by Julio Ramero de Torres, Nun. The focus of this canvas was her eyes they stand out because of her white habit surrounding her pale face. Her dark eyes are so intense. You can see that she is very devoted to God by the way he is showing her holding her rosary below. The black and white photograph featuring Marylin Monroe taken by Richard Avedon shows you that she is deep in thought. Almost as if she has a troubled thought. Her eyes seem to be looking far away in the distance. He still captures the movie star Marylin Monroe as he has taken the photograph from her waist up. This still shows the sex symbol she was at that time. I feel that a face can tell you a thousand things, if you look long enough. You can notice trouble and despair in a face, sadness and happiness a lot can be
