this is one version of gilbert stuart. he made a lot of versions and sold them, not only of washington, but of monroe. this is what we think of the classic monroe. it looks like he has a round, broad head. that is what i tried to capture here. it shows the same sort of guys -- guise as this, but a little bit more energetic. there is one more portrait by john wilson peel. you think he has a thin head and ask how is that possible? it looks like he has a broad head. apparently that was the way he was. that is what i'm talking about, subtleties and complications of his face. that is why you have to make a three-dimensional model of it. that is the beginning stages. profiles, most portraits that we see our three quarter. that means the head is turned partially to the size. when you're doing a sculptor, you need a profile. there is a drawing of profile, and we had the piece metal which is in a museum which shows the profile done by a german artist. then we had a wax which was done by an italian sculptor who did work in the capit

to the gilbert stuart because that is what people know more than any other. that will be the of reference. this is the famous trick that was commissioned for new york state. is the most perfect depiction of monroe in full figure. hand on him with his the map. i'm sure everyone is very familiar with this. it shows a stately presence, commanding presence. his sword is on the table next to his hand. a chair over here. this is a take off of the portraits of george washington that you have seen where he is standing with a curtain and the chair next to him as well. here we have a green and gold tablecloth, william and mary's colors, how did they know? this was the basis that i came up with my standing figure here. you can see with the takeoff on , they wanted a stately figure of him. have you portrayed it? the owens foundation who commissioned this piece had certain expectations. they wanted a stately, gravity-like figure of monroe. i thought this was the best way, using this to get him here. site-specificas a work, we know exactly where it is going, i can design t

you have gilbert stuart, rembrandt peel. every president tried to get his portrait done, because people didn't know what they looked like. these portraits would be made and copied and copied so people would know. but i look at gilbert stuart's, john -- thomas jefferson, metal think it's right. if you make some -- he was a handsome man but it makes them handsomer than he was. i like the portrait of james madison. and washington, what an example. i was so stunned the first time i went to mount vernon and saw the young washington. wasn't the first time i went to mount vernon, but the first time i saw it. we all know about the guy who had no teeth. can you imagine, he had one tooth when he became president -- he lost that in second term. think it was john adams left the white house with his one tooth. no first of all, the trial -- you see washington -- his agent person -- his method suck and and and swollen. washington complained that one of the portraits made him look swollen. them -- we know washington too well as an old man.

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