OBJECT: Visual Research

Due to the importance of symbolism in this project, I have began by looking at painters from the Renaissance and Mannerism periods. Most obvious for me, was to look at the work of Hans Holbein. 

The Ambassadors, 1533.

Portrait of the Merchant Gerog Gisze, 1532.

The Ambassadors is one painting that displays a huge amount of symbolism. The whole painting is about showing the status of these men, not just from their presence, but from the objects that surround them. For example, some of the objects in the painting are from the world of astrology and geometry reflecting an amount of intelligence onto the men, and the presence of distorting mirror symbolizes death.
The reason I have been looking at artists such as Hans Holbein is because of the strong sense of symbolism I want in my Object photo shoot.