Nancy Pelosi vs. Donald Trump

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4 Art Experts Analyze That Historic Nancy Pelosi vs. Donald Trump Photo

Some see Renaissance influences; others, hints of Norman Rockwell. Have you noticed the Benjamin Franklin bust in the background and the clock on the mantle bisecting the frame? The instantly iconic photo of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi literally standing up to Donald Trump in a contentious cabinet-room meeting about Syria on Wednesday is sparking a great many takes, both about the political dynamics—Pelosi stood out, literally, as a woman at a table lined predominantly with men—and the photo’s artistry. It was snapped and released by an uncredited White House photographer.

Tellingly, the president perceived the photo of a powerful woman asserting herself as somehow incriminating: He tweeted it on Wednesday night with the cantankerous caption: “Nervous Nancy’s unhinged meltdown.” But it was quickly reclaimed as more evidence of the first and only female Speaker’s political courage; Pelosi herself made it her Twitter background photo.

Discourse soon raged about the photo’s composition, lighting, and even its likenesses to The Last Supper. To further examine what will surely go down as a historical Trump-era photo, Vogue asked an art history professor, a museum curator, and two former coeditors of the Tabloid Art History Twitter account for their close reads.

One of the things that stood out to me is that Nancy Pelosi is standing at the same height as the bust of Benjamin Franklin. It draws an equivalence between the two of them in terms of their impact. And her figure is actually being superimposed on the bust of George Washington—that’s who we would see if she were sitting down. Basically, the photo is replacing this sculpture of the first president with the living, breathing body of the first female Speaker of the House....

https://www.vogue.com/article/nancy-pelosi-donald-trump-white-house-photo-analyzed?verso=true

[murielm99]

1. I would like it if someone could compile a list of the names

of everyone in the room.

I notice particularly the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, looking like he is praying for his life and soul, and possibly for the rest of the world.

[dweller]

3. there was a post here naming them

yesterday evening?
check greatest page

✌🏼

[murielm99]

6. I couldn't find it.

The Washington Post had it in a story. They would not let me in unless I subscribed.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Okay,now I am going to enjoy watching

"Miss Nancy",the so called third rate politician,destroy Moscow Don and his Crime Syndicate. Going to be a thing of beauty as well a Historical.

The regaining the House of Representatives from a Republican Gerrymandered Nation was a major Political feet in it's self and she engineered it brilliantly.

[Gothmog]

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[lunatica]

5. Please take note that the bust of Ben Franklin looks like he's looking

at Pelosi.

This is a truly iconic photograph. It will find its place in museums and history books.

[BootinUp]

8. Speaker Pelosi is winning the BootinUp's person

Of the year award.