Pop Culture and Madonna Queenship Painting by Tiago Azevedo

Pop Culture and Madonna Queenship Painting by TiagoAzevedo

This painting aims to capture the ethereal beauty of the Queen of Pop in a way that also emphasizes her royalty as a cultural reference.

Here she has a sweet gage showing a serenity of someone knows how to achieve one's goals, she is crowned to consolidate her status and her whole figure and background are bathed in a golden light that contrasts with the blue of her exes and the deep red lips all depicted in a pop surrealist style.

Madonna, a singer, actress, dancer, and movie star  has sold over 300 million records worldwide, making her the best-selling female artist of all time, she often referred to as The Queen of Pop and has had a profound influence on music culture. She has pursued an independent approach to her career writing most of her songs and constantly redefining her image. For pushing the boundaries of taste and behavior, she has often courted controversy for upsetting religious and moral sensibilities. This shows how deep of an impact one person can have in the world by following their dreams.

Kris Jenner and the Tale of the Influencers Painting by Tiago Azevedo

Kris Jenner and the Tale of the Influencers Paintingby Tiago Azevedo

This painting of Kris Jenner aims to capture the ethereal beauty of this pop culture icon in a way that also emphasizes her royalty as an influencer and also reflect on what our celebrity references are these days.

Here she is portrayed almost like a baroque religious figure where her intense look contrasts with the harsh black background where her face is done in a pop surrealist style. She also has a serene gaze that invites the viewers to know more about her.

Kris is a television personality who rose to fame for starring in the reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians together with her family. She runs her own production company and has managed her daughter Kim’s career that has skyrocketed in the last decade.

Ruth and the Wheat Harvest Painting by Tiago Azevedo

Ruth and the Wheat Harvest Painting by Tiago Azevedo

The subject is taken from the Old Testament Book of Ruth. Here the Moabite Ruth is gleaning, gathering up corn left after the harvest, to support her widowed mother-in-law. The landowner Boaz who talks to her has come to show his admiration for her support for her family. The two eventually married, and King David, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus were among their descendants.

In this painting, Ruth looks at us in a seductive way, showing that even among the hard fieldwork our true essence is not lost, this the gaze is directed towards Boaz snowing the viewer how he would have felt in that moment. The red robes contrast with the harvest field and immediately throws her to the foreground as the main character depicter in a pop surreal enviroment.

Ruth, being that she's not Jewish, represents humanity. The other relative, who had the legal rights to buy the property and marry Ruth, represents the law. Finally, Boaz represents Christ, God and love. The book of Ruth is a symbolic foretelling of Christ's relationship to humanity.

Joan of Arc at the Battlefield Painting by Tiago Azevedo

Joan of Arc at the Battlefield Painting by TiagoAzevedo

Joan of Arc is a girl who is a hero of the French state. She was also the commander in chief of the troops. In this painting, she is strongly holding the flag of France expressing a powerful will and determination still maintaining her femininity and sensuality on the battlefield with a pop surreal gaze.

The plot described in the painting occurred in March 1429. One day, the holy virgin came to the dauphin of France and announced that he would become the governor and be crowned before the King of Heaven with one king. This historical event will happen in the city of Reims.

Three months later, the prophecy of the saint was fulfilled, a coronation takes place in the city of Reims. This event proclaimed the state independence of France. The entire population enthusiastically accepted the new king. Unfortunately, the fate of Joan of Arc was tragic, as it was burned at the stake. She was captured and handed over to England. Those recognized her as a heretic. Then followed a public burning at the stake. After a while, the virgin was canonized, canonized, and rehabilitated.

Queen Esther in the Banquet of the Jews Painting by Tiago Azevedo

Queen Esther in the Banquet of the Jews Painting byTiago Azevedo

One of the most dramatic moments from the Book of Esther comes when the queen accuses the king’s advisor Haman of treachery against her people. Through her efforts, Haman’s plot for the slaughter of all the Jews in Persia was unmasked before King Ahasuerus Xerxes. Seated before his chamberlain, Harbonah, the king reacts in anger with arms outstretched and hands clenched. Across from him sits the isolated, shadowy figure of Haman, who cowers at the king’s wrath. Shortly thereafter, Haman’s life would end on the gallows.

In this painting with bold colors and dramatic energy of  Esther done in a pop surreal style. The painting in its scale, clarity of spatial organization, bold palette, and description of materials. Her seductive look shows how she used her intelligence and skills to prevent a mass genocide that was about to happen.

The theme of the book of Esther is God's protection of Israel. Although God is actually not mentioned in the book, He clearly saves His people from the scheme of Haman. Throughout history, the Jewish people have been treated unjustly, and the story of Esther tells of one of those occurrences.

The Assumption of the Virgin Painting by Tiago Azevedo

The Assumption of the Virgin Painting by Tiago Azevedo

The Assumption of the Virgin is characteristic of the tendency towards vivid colors with luminous qualities, The paints and brush strokes are heavily loaded with color to create a high visual impact on the viewer.

The pop surreal composition of the painting is designed to lead the eyes upwards in a pyramid shape, beginning with the red-robed Virgin, to her floating hair, and finally to the red light of God himself at the top.

Painted in bold and highly contrasting colors, the Assumption of the Virgin oil painting depicts the miraculous raising of Mary, mother of Jesus, into heaven. Bidding her farewell on the ground below from where Mary's figure as it's lifted up by angelic clouds. God peers down at Mary from the golden light.

Queen Victoria and the Corset Era Painting by Tiago Azevedo

Queen Victoria and the Corset Era Painting by Tiago Azevedo

Here Queen Victoria is seen in an intimate and alluring pose, leaning against the viewer with her hair half unraveled from its fashionable knot. Depicting the costume with veracity and exuberance. Here, however, the focus is not only on fashion on fashion and the blue cinged detailed gown but also on her face and imposing Victorian expression done in a pop surrealist way.

The detail of ornaments like the crown and the jewelry, a pair of drop earrings, and a heart-shaped pendant on a gold chain. This pendant is the glass heart-shaped locket containing a lock of Prince Albert's hair which the Queen wore 'day and night' before her marriage. It had been a gift from Queen Louise of the Belgians. Such a jewel would have been a touching symbol of the Queen's devotion to her husband.

Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. She adopted the additional title of Empress of India on 1 May 1876. Known as the Victorian era, her reign of 63 years and seven months was longer than that of any of her predecessors.