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[–] 34 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's a visual reference to Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer, with the addition of an orange.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Thought so, thanks. Came here to see if I was reading too much into it.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Oh, I was kidding just to sound like I had an explanation and then throw the orange in as an afterthought. It does look like a reference, though.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    Narianja Grande

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    Oranges simbolize both that the portrait's protagonist is a person of means, as this fruit was expensive and hard to come by.
    It also may reference winter, which might also connect with a later stage of life.

    Finally, it might be a nationalistic symbol, showing support for the house of Orange against the Spanish invasion.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    The fact that no word rhymes with Orange is proof enough that the Houses of Orange were divided on the subject of the Spanish invasion. The Spanish queen was even once overheard by one of her horses saying, "My best friend is an orange." Of course, that horse was named Glitterhoof - and was best known for throwing entire empires into envious fits of rage over whoever else may have possessed Glitterhoof. This could often lead to entire houses and branches of those houses being slaughtered in often dubious circumstances.
    This violence led to a prince dying and passing his titles to his cousin, causing the Houses of Orange to call themselves Orange-Nassau. This is almost certainly a subtle message in support of the type of destruction that Glitterhoof was responsible for - albeit indirectly, but very intentionally. Or much worse, she likens herself to Glitterhoof of House Horse. I'll give her the benefit of the doubt that this is not the case - the alternative is unconscionable.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    The thought that orange doesn't rhyme with any word is false. There is even the word sporange or the hill Blorenge which makesl a near-perfect rhyme with orange. Lot's of other imperfect rhymes as well. It's not even about it being a single word as you can see. It is a hard word to rhyme with, but it's possible. What the word orange is, is a word that has no perfect rhymes. It also has no easy non-perfect rhymes, none that I can think of right now anyways. But there's a considerably sized list of that:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_without_rhymes#Words_with_obscure_perfect_rhymes

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    The real answer is that it adds depth to the otherwise very edited shot which would look "flat" otherwise.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    This one is being non coherent on purpose, it's funny but I wouldn't be sure it's true aneurysm posting

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  • This is some “SO RADNOM XD” shit lol

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    This whenever I ask any designer about anything. I actually wonder if "design school" is just a place where you hang out and drop acid.

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