A handful of deadbeat Staten Island vampires may have just casually put an end to art history discourse surrounding the Jean-Léon Gérôme oil painting “Truth Coming Out of Her Well”. What We Do in the Shadows envisions a world where rather than a metaphor or sociopolitical commentary, the painting simply depicts a historical record of one of Nadja of Antipaxos’ many vampiric exiles.The famous painting captures Truth as a naked woman emerging from her place at the bottom of a well to shame mankind. One of at least four Gérôme paintings centered on Truth in her well, some interpretations invite broad philosophy, whereas others extrapolate specific commentary about events contemporary to the artists’ era such as the Dreyfus Affair or the Impressionism. What We Do in the Shadows offers a new explanation however, one that cleverly wields the show’s running motif of historic art to further Nadja’s Season 5 character arc.From the instant the opening chords of Norma Tanega’s “Your Dead” hit, What We Do in the Shadows fans are accustomed to a litany of artistic interpretations of the show’s central vampires over their vast and varied lifespans. Depending on each character’s age and country of origin, these artistic renditions replicate specific pieces exemplary of the art movements the vampires may have lived through. In the opening credits alone, Nadja replaces famous subjects from the catalogs of artists such as Henri Regnault and Gustave Courbet.RELATED: What We Do in the Shadows Season 5 Almost Included Even Wilder Guillermo Hybrids
A handful of deadbeat Staten Island vampires may have just casually put an end to art history discourse surrounding the Jean-Léon Gérôme oil painting “Truth Coming Out of Her Well”. What We Do in the Shadows envisions a world where rather than a metaphor or sociopolitical commentary, the painting simply depicts a historical record of one of Nadja of Antipaxos’ many vampiric exiles.
The famous painting captures Truth as a naked woman emerging from her place at the bottom of a well to shame mankind. One of at least four Gérôme paintings centered on Truth in her well, some interpretations invite broad philosophy, whereas others extrapolate specific commentary about events contemporary to the artists’ era such as the Dreyfus Affair or the Impressionism. What We Do in the Shadows offers a new explanation however, one that cleverly wields the show’s running motif of historic art to further Nadja’s Season 5 character arc.
From the instant the opening chords of Norma Tanega’s “Your Dead” hit, What We Do in the Shadows fans are accustomed to a litany of artistic interpretations of the show’s central vampires over their vast and varied lifespans. Depending on each character’s age and country of origin, these artistic renditions replicate specific pieces exemplary of the art movements the vampires may have lived through. In the opening credits alone, Nadja replaces famous subjects from the catalogs of artists such as Henri Regnault and Gustave Courbet.
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