{"id":42141,"date":"2023-09-29T22:55:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T22:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/29\/amanda-seyfried-ponders-the-pastoral-life-on-an-after-hours-walk-through-the-louvre\/"},"modified":"2023-09-29T22:55:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T22:55:09","slug":"amanda-seyfried-ponders-the-pastoral-life-on-an-after-hours-walk-through-the-louvre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/29\/amanda-seyfried-ponders-the-pastoral-life-on-an-after-hours-walk-through-the-louvre\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Seyfried Ponders the Pastoral Life on an After-Hours Walk Through the Louvre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap\">\u201cI wonder how seriously she takes us,\u201d <strong>Amanda Seyfried<\/strong> whispers, referring to the big-name celebrity quietly smirking across the room. The woman strikes me as the silent-judging type, but Seyfried is more open-minded. \u201cIt\u2019s judgment,\u201d the actor considers, \u201cor it\u2019s just innocent curiosity.\u201d After all, it\u2019s not every day that Lisa Gherardini, better known as the selfie-magnet <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.louvre.fr\/en\/explore\/the-palace\/from-the-mona-lisa-to-the-wedding-feast-at-cana\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.louvre.fr\/en\/explore\/the-palace\/from-the-mona-lisa-to-the-wedding-feast-at-cana&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.louvre.fr\/en\/explore\/the-palace\/from-the-mona-lisa-to-the-wedding-feast-at-cana\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Mona Lisa<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> gets a near-private audience with an Oscar nominee\u2014a startling beauty known to turn up on Lanc\u00f4me billboards and magazine covers. \u201cHow big is that, dimension-wise?\u201d Seyfried wonders about Da Vinci\u2019s 16th-century painting, encased in bulletproof glass. A nearby voice ballparks it at 36 by 24 inches, which sounds like the start of a bust-waist-hips measurement. \u201c\u201836, 25, 34\u2019\u2014was that from a <strong>Nelly<\/strong> song?\u201d Seyfried asks, before supplying her own melodic answer with a line from the rapper\u2019s Y2K anthem: \u201cIf you want to go and take a ride with me\u2026\u201d One imagines Lisa the wallflower, having seen and heard it all, softly humming along. A nostalgic hit has its sweetness, but also its flaws. \u201cThat was supposed to depict the perfect female form,\u201d says Seyfried, \u201cwhich is obviously bullshit.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-jSZdqE kIXbGQ caption AssetEmbedCaption-fNQBPI fmQnYP asset-embed__caption\"><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionText-bHjzlu iUEiRd hBkROF iXWezO caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>Two familiar faces share a moment. Makeup artist Genevieve Herr and hairstylist Renato Campora prepped Seyfried for the occasion. The dress is by Prada.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionCredit-ejegDm iUEiRd hCJFDV fNaHcW caption__credit\">By Ludovica Arcero\/Courtesy of Lanc\u00f4me.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall\">The matter of idealized beauty\u2014how to define it, and, more important, redefine it\u2014is a recurring theme at the Louvre on a balmy Tuesday evening, where a crowd of hundreds has gathered under I. M. Pei\u2019s glass pyramid to fete the museum\u2019s <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.lancome-usa.com\/Lancome-x-Louvre.html\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.lancome-usa.com\/Lancome-x-Louvre.html&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancome-usa.com\/Lancome-x-Louvre.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">partnership with Lanc\u00f4me<\/a>. Spindly display stands show off the limited-edition <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.lancome-usa.com\/makeup\/eye-makeup\/richelieu-wing-face-and-eyeshadow-palette\/00799-LAC.html\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.lancome-usa.com\/makeup\/eye-makeup\/richelieu-wing-face-and-eyeshadow-palette\/00799-LAC.html&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancome-usa.com\/makeup\/eye-makeup\/richelieu-wing-face-and-eyeshadow-palette\/00799-LAC.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">eye palette<\/a>, its embossed shadows inspired by an <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/collections.louvre.fr\/en\/ark:\/53355\/cl010091413\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/collections.louvre.fr\/en\/ark:\/53355\/cl010091413&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/collections.louvre.fr\/en\/ark:\/53355\/cl010091413\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1836 bust<\/a> of the ancient Greek poet Corinne. Nearby, bottles of <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.lancome-usa.com\/skincare\/advanced-genifique-serum\/00876-LAC.html\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.lancome-usa.com\/skincare\/advanced-genifique-serum\/00876-LAC.html&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancome-usa.com\/skincare\/advanced-genifique-serum\/00876-LAC.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Advanced G\u00e9nifique serum<\/a> (a conservator\u2019s approach to preservation) occupy a set of black pedestals; <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.lancome-usa.com\/makeup\/lips\/lipstick\/labsolu-rouge-matte-lipstick\/00798-LAC.html\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.lancome-usa.com\/makeup\/lips\/lipstick\/labsolu-rouge-matte-lipstick\/00798-LAC.html&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancome-usa.com\/makeup\/lips\/lipstick\/labsolu-rouge-matte-lipstick\/00798-LAC.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lipsticks<\/a> in faux marble cases sit on gold ones. Meanwhile, four of the beauty brand\u2019s ambassadors\u2014Seyfried, along with <strong>Zendaya,<\/strong> Chinese model <strong>He Cong,<\/strong> and Malian-French musician <strong>Aya Nakamura<\/strong>\u2014have taken their own places on the walls, by way of mural-size campaign images that pair each woman with an emblematic artwork. Some of the statues are unmistakable, like <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.louvre.fr\/en\/explore\/the-palace\/a-stairway-to-victory\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.louvre.fr\/en\/explore\/the-palace\/a-stairway-to-victory&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.louvre.fr\/en\/explore\/the-palace\/a-stairway-to-victory\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Winged Victory of Samothrace<\/em><\/a>, which Zendaya mirrors with an outstretched arm. Seyfried, whose Catskills farm has been a refuge for the past decade, finds her muse in the <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/collections.louvre.fr\/en\/ark:\/53355\/cl010278726\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/collections.louvre.fr\/en\/ark:\/53355\/cl010278726&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/collections.louvre.fr\/en\/ark:\/53355\/cl010278726\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Diana of Gabii<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> a Greek tribute to the goddess of the hunt. The larger-than-life figure\u2014once a jewel in the Borghese collection and later Napoleon\u2019s\u2014has long been a popular lady. So is Seyfried, whose bright pink Prada dress acts like a homing beacon for just about every fan and friend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">On the surface, the co-branded collection might seem like an unusual rendezvous for the two heritage institutions. \u201cIt\u2019s not! It\u2019s so refined, it\u2019s so specific, it\u2019s so well-curated,\u201d Seyfried counters, as she slips out of cocktail hour for the private tour. \u201cThe thing about museums is you go there to get lost and you go there to get found, to find yourself,\u201d she says\u2014something that beauty, with its tools for transformation, can tap into as well. The actor pauses in a spacious room where Ingres\u2019s 1814 <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/collections.louvre.fr\/en\/ark:\/53355\/cl010065566\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/collections.louvre.fr\/en\/ark:\/53355\/cl010065566&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/collections.louvre.fr\/en\/ark:\/53355\/cl010065566\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>La Grande Odalisque<\/em><\/a> slyly holds court. \u201cI love humans, I love these mythical snapshots\u2014but landscapes,\u201d she sighs in front of Paul Flandrin\u2019s 1838 <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/collections.louvre.fr\/en\/ark:\/53355\/cl010066818\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/collections.louvre.fr\/en\/ark:\/53355\/cl010066818&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/collections.louvre.fr\/en\/ark:\/53355\/cl010066818\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Montagnes de la Sabine<\/em><\/a>, a lush, unassuming painting with just the hint of manmade intervention, namely the cluster of figures near the bottom and a columned temple hidden in the trees. Beyond an aesthetic experience, these galleries hold the possibility for connection, as Seyfried sees it, a chance to build a cross-generational bridge. (Film does too, which has the actor alluding to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike\u2014a consequence of artists \u201cbeing taken for granted and almost disrespected, in some ways, because of financial things.\u201d)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Lanc\u00f4me x Louvre campaign pairs Seyfried with the Diana of Gabii.\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eybHBd fptoWY responsive-image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6516f71898444d6ea334cf45\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/vf923%2520seyfried%2520lancome%2520lede1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6516f71898444d6ea334cf45\/master\/w_120,c_limit\/vf923%20seyfried%20lancome%20lede1.jpg 120w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6516f71898444d6ea334cf45\/master\/w_240,c_limit\/vf923%20seyfried%20lancome%20lede1.jpg 240w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6516f71898444d6ea334cf45\/master\/w_320,c_limit\/vf923%20seyfried%20lancome%20lede1.jpg 320w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6516f71898444d6ea334cf45\/master\/w_640,c_limit\/vf923%20seyfried%20lancome%20lede1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6516f71898444d6ea334cf45\/master\/w_960,c_limit\/vf923%20seyfried%20lancome%20lede1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6516f71898444d6ea334cf45\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/vf923%20seyfried%20lancome%20lede1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6516f71898444d6ea334cf45\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/vf923%20seyfried%20lancome%20lede1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-jSZdqE kIXbGQ caption AssetEmbedCaption-fNQBPI fmQnYP asset-embed__caption\"><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionText-bHjzlu iUEiRd hBkROF iXWezO caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>The Lanc\u00f4me x Louvre campaign pairs Seyfried with the <em>Diana of Gabii.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionCredit-ejegDm iUEiRd hCJFDV fNaHcW caption__credit\">By S\u00f8lve Sundsb\u00f8\/Courtesy of Lanc\u00f4me.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall\">But it\u2019s the classical statuary that we are beelining for. The majestic <em>Winged Victory<\/em>, occupying a solitary perch on a stair landing, is all flash-frozen power. \u201cYou feel the space, you feel the possibility,\u201d Seyfried says of that potential waiting to be set loose. A short walk on, the <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.louvre.fr\/en\/explore\/the-palace\/ideal-greek-beauty\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.louvre.fr\/en\/explore\/the-palace\/ideal-greek-beauty&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.louvre.fr\/en\/explore\/the-palace\/ideal-greek-beauty\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Venus de Milo<\/em><\/a> gets an intimately scaled gallery to herself. Suddenly a barnyard braying emanates from the actor\u2019s evening bag. \u201cThat\u2019s my donkey!\u201d Seyfried chirps, scurrying to her phone. (Technically speaking, it\u2019s not her actual donkey on the recording, but a ringtone stand-in for logistical ease.) She answers the FaceTime call by striking a nonchalant pose with <em>Venus<\/em>. \u201cTommy? Oh, no big deal. We\u2019re literally walking around the Louvre right now,\u201d she says to her husband, <strong>Thomas Sadoski.<\/strong> A tiny voice belonging to their 3-year-old son pipes in. \u201cI don\u2019t have your toy, Bubba,\u201d Seyfried cajoles, with one last attempt at a grand gesture: \u201cThis is art! This is history!\u201d Someone in the group suggests a child-size Venus de Milo as a souvenir. \u201cI\u2019ve already got him an alien and a car,\u201d she says. \u201cWay better than this.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Seyfried knows what she wants, as evidenced by the life she has built around family (her daughter is 6) and nature. Two new horses have settled in at the farm this week, which brings the menagerie tally\u2014she pauses to count in her head\u2014to \u201c16 big animals, not counting the chickens and the ducks.\u201d It\u2019s mostly an equine mix, including the donkey, pony, and miniature horses, plus goats. It makes sense that a woman of the land feels a kinship with this marble Diana, caught in a self-sufficient moment as she fastens her cloak. In the press notes for the Lanc\u00f4me x Louvre collection, Seyfried calls her a \u201cwild goddess,\u201d despite an outwardly delicate appearance. \u201cClaiming her own independence: that\u2019s where her beauty comes from.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/2023\/09\/amanda-seyfried-interview-lancome-x-louvre-collection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI wonder how seriously she takes us,\u201d Amanda Seyfried whispers, referring to the big-name celebrity quietly smirking across the room. The woman strikes me as the silent-judging type, but Seyfried is more open-minded. \u201cIt\u2019s judgment,\u201d the actor considers, \u201cor it\u2019s just innocent curiosity.\u201d After all, it\u2019s not every day that Lisa Gherardini, better known as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[455,225,94,4208,1742,4210,4211,2808,4209,470],"class_list":{"0":"post-42141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity","8":"tag-amanda-seyfried","9":"tag-art","10":"tag-beauty","11":"tag-lancome","12":"tag-makeup","13":"tag-mona-lisa","14":"tag-museum","15":"tag-skin-care","16":"tag-skin-care-product","17":"tag-skincare"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}