Gallery of Style: Madonna with Child and St. John the Baptist!

I thought this was such an interesting representation of the Madonna. At first glance, you might assume it was fairly recent given those cherubim who faintly resemble gummy bears. But, the work is actually from somewhere between 1490 and 1500. If you want to read that post with all the info and more information about my look, you can find it here. And, my post about my graduation tour is coming sooner rather than later! This time we have five interpretations (Shelbee has two) as we welcome Sally back. So without further ado, here we go!

Gallery of style…

First up is Salazar! She says, ”I went with this pale blue floral shirt to reflect the blue sky, the red skirt to reflect the red robe, and navy flats to reflect the blue outer robe. I also accessorized with my cameo brooch because of its classical silhouette, and the gold frame is a nod to the frame of the painting too.”

Shelbee came up with two outfits. She says, “The first outfit consists of some recently thrifted pieces including the red floral dress and blue floral vest. The colors in both pieces reflect all of the wonderful colors in the artwork. I added a green ribbon to my hat for the green cherubs and wore the same gold shoes as the first outfit. My gold necklace features a tiny cross pendant to bring some religion into my outfit.” 

“For the second outfit, I layered a blue, white, and lavender ruana over a red maxi dress to capture the colors and flow of Mary’s clothing. My belt and shoes are gold to represent all the gold trim on the wood panel. I wore a long ivory scarf that my mother, whose name was also Mary, made for me. My floral straw hat brings in the green and red of the cherubs in the background. And the yellow door is for the yellow cherubs.” This is the outfit that made the final cut!

We welcome Sally back to Style Imitating Art! She says, “went with a fairly literal interpretation of the artwork this time, inspired by the colors and layers of Mary’s outfit.  (I’m sure she wasn’t wearing knee length shorts, but I bet she would have liked their practicality as the mom of a baby.)  Mary’s dress looked both red and pink to me so I split the difference with a magenta T-shirt and topped it with a blue cardigan and white scarf (that I left long and flowing rather than in an elaborate style on my head).  I finished up the look with a purchased silver necklace and some DIY jewelry that I made to coordinate with a navy/blue/pink cardigan in my wardrobe.  This look is very high contrast for my coloring but I still enjoyed the drama of it.  I feel that it’s rare for me to wear a fully color blocked outfit that doesn’t have any print pieces so I appreciate that this challenge spurred me to do that.”

Here is my look. I’m not 100% thrilled with it, but I think the silk Pixie skirt from Kantha Bae definitely hit the mark! I wore a coordinating tee and pulled it together with my lace shirt from April Cornell.

And, that’s a wrap for this Gallery of Style!

I hope you enjoyed this week’s Gallery of Style for Style Imitating Art…thank you to Sally, Salazar, and Shelbee for participating. Remember, you don’t have to have a blog to be a part of this style challenge. You can send a photo to the curator to be included in the gallery of style! We’d love to have more people join in! You can also still send me a photo, and I’ll edit the post to include you!

Coming up…

I hope you’ll come back next Monday to see the art work we’ll be styling and imitating! And, please visit all of the people who participated in this week’s challenge!

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