Portrait Meme

[helblonde]

You have an art time travel machine. You can pick five artists to do a likeness of you (it doesn't have to be painting or photography). Assume that all the payment, scheduling, and so forth are taken care of - you just show up for your sitting(s) with temporally appropriate clothing that is esthetically pleasing to you. But these are for your

Comments

[kahnegabs]

What, no Leonardo, or Marie Cassat?

[helblonde]

Well, if I had to give up Michelangelo, Leonardo is who I would pick.

[kahnegabs]

Michaelangelo's females (except for Mary) often look more like males with breasts. I prefer Leonardo myself.

[helblonde]

That's a reasonable critique. It's one reason I like his sculptures more than his paintings.