Surely everyone knows the statement that women love with their ears, and men always come to the forefront of visual images. Another fact: the appearance of the semi-nude body acts on the representatives of both sexes more exciting than completely naked. What's the secret? The fact is that a person is always attracted by a mystery, mystery, unknown. That's why Eve was tempted to taste the forbidden fruit, for which she paid for her exile from Paradise. And until now girls are actively using it, attracting the attention of men with deep decollete, short skirts and tight dresses. Probably the same interest explains the popularity of beautiful silhouettes of girls in different types of art. The viewer, who is shown only the outlines of the face, body or its individual parts, is forced to include the imagination and finish the "picture". Why does the silhouette of the figure attract the eye? Let's try to understand.
Direction of art
If you speak the dry language of terms, then the silhouette is called the graphic technique in the portrait, which differs mainly in using one color and has a contour character. If it is simpler, the silhouette is an unclear or precise outline of a certain object, person, animal, other creature or object. This technique was first used in China more than six hundred years ago. Black-and-white pictures, which in Europe were called "Chinese shadows," became popular in Russia only in the 18th century with the filing of the French artist F. Sido. And in France, such portraits were ordered by representatives of the aristocracy, who went bankrupt and could not afford to buy a traditional portrait. By the way, the name "silhouette" is connected with the name of the French minister Siluette, who became famous for his stinginess and narrow-mindedness. It is for this reason that portraits-silhouettes were initially considered bad taste, cheap.
Despite the disparaging attitude, the silhouette has moved from painting to decorative and applied art. Masters-craftsmen made dishes, snuff boxes, chests with images of silhouettes of girls in dresses, dancers.
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Modern tendencies
In the era of the development of digital technologies, the role of the traditional technique of performing the silhouette was somewhat diminished. Why draw silhouettes on black paper, cut them and paste them on a white background, paint with ink or use engraving techniques. The Internet is filled with stylized images of silhouettes of girls-models, girls in bathing suits, naked beauties. And this is not surprising, because the sexy silhouettes of girls look absolutely not vulgar, unlike ordinary photos, where they are depicted in similar poses. Even the silhouette of a full girl, made in this technique, looks surprisingly harmonious and attractive.
Silhouetted images are used very widely. They can act as wallpaper on the computer screen, avatars in various social networks. Unbelievably stylish look wallpapers, which depict beautiful female silhouettes. Designers, creating collections of fashionable clothes, also do not bypass this theme. Actual prints in the form of silhouettes of girls with chiseled figures can be seen on T-shirts, and on tops, and on dresses. In the trend, accessories with small prints of female silhouettes. And it is not necessary that the silhouette depict a girl in full growth. Sensual slightly opened sponges, wide-open or playfully screwed-up eyes, graceful fingers, smooth curves of a female body are fascinating with beauty.
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