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36.000 x 24.000 x 2.000 inches
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Title
Splendid Beauty
Artist
Blima Efraim
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
Description
The city of Rio de Janeiro is portrayed on a beautiful woman�s body. Discover her secrets and travel within her curves.
- Read a paragraph (piece of white floating paper) of the Brazilian National Anthem quoted, �She lies down eternally in a splendid land, to the sound of the ocean and under the light of the deep sky.� Within the same paper, observe a quill over it which is symbolizing the freedom of slavery, signed by princess Isabel on 1888, in Rio de Janeiro, and finally the paper as a paraglide, one of the city�s most daring attraction;
- The color of her skin represents Brazil�s mixture of races. On this painting I�ve chosen the �mulatas�;
- Her eyes represents Brazil�s most delicious green coconuts;
- Her nose, the beach umbrellas;
- Her eyebrows representing the symbol of Rio�s famous street carnival, The Apoteose�, where every year, Samba teams (escolas de samba) compete for the best of Rio;
- Her hair, the sidewalk of Copacabana beach, designed by the famous Brazilian landscaper and architect, Burle Marx;
- Her necklace, with a golden touch, represents the slums of Rio, as it contrasts with the richness of its waterfront mansions and buildings;
- Her chest represents the Copacabana Bay;
- Her neck as �Arco da Lapa�(Aqueduct built in the 18th century to bring fresh water from a river to city); while also representing a guitar�s neck;
- Her shoulder as the guitar, representing our Popular Brazilian Music, while its strings are holding a gondola that takes locals and tourists to visit Rio�s Sugar Loaf mountain;
- One breast is the mountain where the statue of �Christ The Redeemer� is located, while the other breast is, �The Sugar Loaf Mountain;
- Her hand, holding the sun/yellow amethyst, represents our tropical weather and the richness of our semi-precious stones. The light of the sun bathes the city in gold rays and warms the city treasures.
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September 10th, 2015
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