The Apparition of the Virgin, Muses and Majas

The Apparition of the Virgin, Muses and Majas, 2009 (Lazaro Galdiano Museum, Madrid, 2009 - Photograph by Karen Knorr)

Knorr was commissioned to photograph two museums: the Louvre and the Lazaro Galdiano. She combines a contemporary representation of the female nude with historical representation such as the Virgin Marys and Aphrodites of these museums… The aesthetics of beauty is explored through unexpected appearance of women personifying the idealised figures of classical antiquity…