Introduction (Say what I’m going to say) 

What I’m going to say in this article, and why

 

Main Body (Say it)

Sugimoto’s work:

Description

Background (Why he did this work: the extension of Diorama series )

Technique(How he did this work?)

{Read &Watch: (1)The Exactness of The World: A Conversation With Hiroshi Sugimoto;(2) From Oil to Wax to Silver: Sugimoto’s Portrait Gallery; (3)Documentary Film: Memories of Origin}

 

Holbein’s work:

Background:

• Holbein’s journey
• He started to paint portraits in England

The function of portraits:

• To know how a person looks (like photography now)
• A weapon of propaganda (scale, appearance, position…)

{Read & Watch: A culture show special. Holbein – Eye of the Tudors(Video on eStream); The genius of British art: power and personality(Video on eStream)}

 

Comparison: 

Similarity:

• details: clothing, jewelry…

Differences:

• scale
• position
• light&shadow
• method

Relationship:

• The role of keeping memory: painter, wax figure sculptor, photographer.
• Source: portrait as an archive

Influence/meaning

 

 

Conclusion (Summarize what I said)

The portrait keeps the memory of the person and shows what they want to express and say to the future.

Portrait as a living archive. Frozen time, memory and all surroundings in it. Let the people in it can live forever.