Female Clothing Styles By Pierre Jacques Benoit
The first artwork is “Female Clothing Styles” painted by Pierre Jacques Benoit in 1831. Benoit was a Belgian artist who “visited Suriname around 1831 and apparently stayed for several months” (website name). He wanted to paint this during his trip to Suriname, so he can remember his time by painting this artwork of four women in different clothing styles. The website also mentioned, “The 100 lithographs in his book (hand colored in the John Carter Brown copy), accompanied by textual descriptions of varying detail, are derived from drawings he made during his visit, which included time in Paramaribo, the capital, as well as trips into the interior visiting Maroons and Amerindians” (website). This painting which Benoit created, he wanted to do
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He painted five women in different types of clothing styles, but all of them were looking back of the artist. In the middle woman, she danced and looked like happy. All of them has a dress on but in different styles with a head wrap on. Some women had a clothing over the dress, which could be a short-sleeve dress that keeps their arms bare, but one woman has a long-sleeve pink dress, so she does not need a clothing. This painting showed how the women dressed during the slave trade in 1800s in Suriname. The other painting showed a group of people in Brazil enjoyed their lives during the slave trade in 1800s. Augustus Earie painted, “Afro-Brazilian Dance," to show and understood the lives of Brazilian during slave trade. In the painting, group of Brazilians looked like they were enjoying their lives by dancing with everyone else. A viewer can see everyone faces like in other painting “Female Clothing Styles” which a viewer could not see it. The comparison of the painting between “Female Clothing Styles” and “Afro-Brazilian Dance” shows different styles during the slave trade. For example, in the first painting, it was all about women showing their back to the viewers. However, in another painting, it shows everyone was happy and enjoying their time. Furthermore, a man in the center of the painting dancing with a woman who has her hands on her hips doing a dance off
He painted five women in different types of clothing styles, but all of them were looking back of the artist. In the middle woman, she danced and looked like happy. All of them has a dress on but in different styles with a head wrap on. Some women had a clothing over the dress, which could be a short-sleeve dress that keeps their arms bare, but one woman has a long-sleeve pink dress, so she does not need a clothing. This painting showed how the women dressed during the slave trade in 1800s in Suriname. The other painting showed a group of people in Brazil enjoyed their lives during the slave trade in 1800s. Augustus Earie painted, “Afro-Brazilian Dance," to show and understood the lives of Brazilian during slave trade. In the painting, group of Brazilians looked like they were enjoying their lives by dancing with everyone else. A viewer can see everyone faces like in other painting “Female Clothing Styles” which a viewer could not see it. The comparison of the painting between “Female Clothing Styles” and “Afro-Brazilian Dance” shows different styles during the slave trade. For example, in the first painting, it was all about women showing their back to the viewers. However, in another painting, it shows everyone was happy and enjoying their time. Furthermore, a man in the center of the painting dancing with a woman who has her hands on her hips doing a dance off