Gardens Of Beauty
by Kay Novy
Title
Gardens Of Beauty
Artist
Kay Novy
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Photograph - Photography
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The floral's were all taken in Kenosha Wisconsin, USA. Some come from our beautiful parks and others from my personal garden.
During the nineteenth century, when visiting cards (carte de visite) were especially plentiful and popular among the middle and upper classes, young ladies often created photocollages in albums, like today's scrapbooking.
They incorporated the heads of the sitters into imaginary landscapes, interiors, or activities (such as the circus). This amateur hobby anticipates Surrealism and the opening credits of Monty Python's Flying Circus. But, it does not comment on art itself, which was the point of Picasso and Braque's collages and papiers collés or Hannah Höch's photomontage.
The Victorian photocollagers were usually upper-class women who amused themselves with these private, and often irreverant commentaries about friends and family. Just imagine Sally and Mary Highbrow painting a toupee on a photograph of bald Uncle Harold and then rolling in laughter as they place his corpulant body on a tiny throne.
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May 28th, 2012
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