The Weekend Design

Valentino’s 2013 Fall ad campaign takes its lead from Dutch artists, including Johannes Vermeer.  Co-creative decorator,  Pierpaolo Piccioli, explained the campaign as centering on, “the magnificence of Flemish lights and 10 different characters of contemporary feminine grace and regality.”  There is such strength in the color black.

One of my very favorites, Vermeer is credited, among other things, with mastering the influence of light in his paintings, as well as training the Delft School of artists.

A Maid Asleep. c. 1656–57. Oil on canvas. 34 1/2 x 30 1/8 in. (87.6 x 76.5 cm.). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Benjamin Altman; Woman in Blue Reading a Letter. c. 1662-1665. Oil on canvas. 18 1/4 x 15 3/8 in. (46.5 x 39 cm.) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; Woman With a Lute. c. 1662-1664. Oil on canvas. 20 1/4 x 18 in. (51.4 x 45.7 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Collis P. Huntington; Girl With a Flute. c. 1665-1670. Oil on panel. 7 7/8 x 7 in. (20 x 17.8 cm.). National Gallery, Washington D.C. Widner Collection