Gazuntite!

Lady With Unicorn                                      Lady With Unicorn Allergy
by Raphael Santi                                         by Allegra Markus

Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (April 6 or March 28, 1483 – April 6, 1520), or better known simply as Raphael Santi... was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. The High Renaissance can be defined as "the artistic style of early 16th century painting in Florence and Rome; characterized by technical mastery, heroic composition and humanistic content." From what I've seen of High Renaissance paintings, the artists seem to be focused on social status and vanity. For example, woman in the High Renaissance paintings are always drowned in deep colours, expensive cloths or/and are naked. Not to mention the extremely serious faces they always have on- especially in this painting by Raphael. Artwork from the Renaissance is extremely beautiful...but I thought it would be fun to add an aspect to this painting that is very out of character for an artist in the High Renaissance period. I chose to (....I don't want to say "make fun of"...but I will) make fun of the fact that the people in these paintings are supposed to make the viewer feel inferior...much like the media does today. I did this by photoshopping in a photo of a girl sneezing (a natural and unavoidable human bodily action). I took this photo with a Canon Rebel T2i with an 18-55mm lens. I shot with an aperture of f8 and a shutter speed of 1/60 s. Raphael was no doubt an artistic genius- but I'm sure if he could see this today he would laugh (hopefully... but if not then I'm sorry Mr. Santi). 

Looks like she needed me......HA